"The first really important book I read about filmmaking was The Film Technique by Pudovkin. This was some time before…"

"The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes."

"The reason movies are often so bad out here isn't because the people who make them are cynical money hacks. Most of t…"

"When I made my first film, I think the thing was probably helped me the most was that it was such an unusual thing to…"

"The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent; but if we can come …"

"If man merely sat back and thought about his impending termination, and his terrifying insignificance and aloneness i…"

"I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. F…"

"You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what che…"

"I don't like doing interviews. There is always the problem of being misquoted or, what's even worse, of being quoted …"

"Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous."