As a loyal believer in the Auteur Theory I first felt editing was but the logical consequence of the way in which one shoots. But, what I learned is that it is actually another writing.

I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is.

I don't film messages. I let the post office take care of those.

I don't think you can in any way export culture with guns or tanks.

If New York is the Big Apple, tonight Hollywood is the Big Nipple.

I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a return to poetry for me, or at least an attempt to create a poem.

A dolly move is a moral commitment.

A monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy.

Film students should stay as far away from film schools and film teachers as possible. The only school for the cinema is the cinema.

I remember being young in the 1960s. We had a great sense of the future, a great big hope. This is what is missing in the youth today. This being able to dream and to change the world.

Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.

Back then everyone was saying: "We're going to die, we're going to die. By the year 2000, there won't be any Belarussians left.

Contrary to popular wisdom, the mark of a great meeting is not how short it is or whether it ends on time. The key is whether it ends with clarity and commitment from participants.

You are the same person in every aspect of your life, and you have to be a responsible person in every aspect of your life.

If there's any answer, maybe love can end the madness Maybe not, oh, but we can only try.

The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?

My home policy: I wage war; my foreign policy: I wage war. All the time I wage war.

I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.

Obsolescence never meant the end of anything, it's just the beginning.

For the believer, nothing is impossible. We put limitations on ourselves.

No truly great person ever thought themselves so.