For my vision of the cinema,

In the theater there are 1,500 cameras rolling at the same time - in the cinema, only one

The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.

In my opinion, there are two things that can absolutely not be carried to the screen: the realistic presentation of the sexual act and praying to God.

In common with all Protestant or Jewish cultures, America was developed on the idea that your word is your bond. Otherwise, the frontier could never have been opened, 'cause it was lawless. A man's word had to mean something.

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.