A film needs more than you can give it in a lifetime.

Never say no to an idea - you never know how that idea will ignite another idea.

However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.

I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want.

You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.

Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.

The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.

We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.

Stop waiting for success to happen, and start working consistently towards it. You must sow before you can reap.

Every man's got to figure to get beat sometime.

In all proper relationships there is no sacrifice of anyone to anyone.

In the midst of events there is no perspective.

I think storytelling is all about children. We human beings love to hear stories being told - and it first happens when you're a kid.

The war is waged against its own subjects and its object is not the victory...but to keep the very structure of society intact.

God made us for more than just barely getting by. We weren't meant to sit on the sidelines of life because with God, we are on the winning team!

First, Darwinian theory tells us how a certain amount of diversity in life forms can develop once we have various types of complex living organisms already in existence.

The soul is the human being considered as having a value in itself.