"There is no such thing as pointless violence. City of God, is that pointless violence? It's reality, it's real life, …"

"Movies touch our hearts, and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. They take us to other places. They …"

"I don't think there is any difference between fantasy and reality in the way these should be approached in a film. Of…"

"I always tell the younger film-makers and students: Do it like the painters used to...Study the old masters. Enrich y…"

"I don't really see a conflict between the church and movies, the sacred and the profane. Obviously, there are major d…"

"Mean Streets dealt with the American Dream, according to which everybody thinks they can get rich quick, and if they …"

"For him delicious flavors dwell In books as in old Muscatel."

"And in the evening, everywhere Along the roadside, up and down, I see the golden torches flare Like lighted street-la…"

"Song like a rose should be; Each rhyme a petal sweet; For fragrance, melody, That when her lips repeat The words, her…"

"Americans have always been especially prone to regard all things as resulting from the free choice of a free will. Pr…"