Documentaries are the first line of education, and the second line of education is dramatization, such as 'The Pacific'.

I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives.

All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.

I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living.

Failure is inevitable. Success is elusive.

Our one goal is to give the world a taste of peace, friendship and understanding. Through the visual arts, the art of celebration of life.

I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened.

Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers.

The world would be a poorer place without Doctor Who.

Every time I go to a movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about.

I interviewed survivors, I went to Poland, saw the cities and spent time with the people and spoke to the Jews who had come back to Poland after the war and talked about why they had come back.

What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.

what once cause catastrophe in my life has now become the catalyst for my direction.

Life knows exactly what it is doing and makes the way clear for those who are open.

It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us.

Centuries ago, human beings created marriage. Later, they looked to the sky and dreamt of traveling to the moon. Coincidence?

Man is a robot with defects.

Whatever else we may say of our own age, for good or evil, nobody is likely to call it an Age of Reason.

A man who would mutilate himself is well damned, isn't he?

Mercy - whatever people need from God.

Farewell! a long farewell to all my greatness!