Being independent... is being innovative out of inspiration as well as necessity.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

Always stay open to surprise.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

JB’s mother had taught him early on that appreciated women are happy women.

It is so easy to have problems with people when you are not God's will.

Love the pride of the conquered nations, and leave them to honour their father and their mother.

This man is frank and earnest with women. In Fresno, he's Frank and in Chicago he's Ernest.

The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.

But violence is news, to a certain extent, and people don't want complicated news. Because as soon as you realize things are complicated, your life becomes more complicated.

In this case, instead of thinking "I want success," think "I have success."

Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains

It is said that there's no such thing as a free lunch. But the universe is the ultimate free lunch.

Steinway is the only piano on which the pianist can do everything he wants. And everything he dreams.