Here, in my solitude, I have the feeling that I contain too much humanity.

I am living permanently in my dream, from which I make brief forays into reality.

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul.

Old age is like climbing a mountain. You climb from ledge to ledge. The higher you get, the more tired and breathless you become, but your views become more extensive.

Only someone who is well prepared has the opportunity to improvise.

We make each other alive; it doesn’t make a difference if it hurts.

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.

My basic view of things is - not to have any basic view of things. From having been exceedingly dogmatic, my views on life have gradually dissolved. They don't exist any longer.

There is no art form that has so much in common with film as music. Both affect our emotions directly, not via the intellect.

There's always a tension in me between my urge to destroy and my will to live... Every morning I wake up with a new wrath, a new suspiciousness, a new desire to live.

To shoot a film is to organize an entire universe.

Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.

Frankly, the only good people who I know are dogs.

Just because you knew it, doesn't mean you must reveal it. There are circumstances in life that should remain as secrets.

When a woman talks, she just wants to be heard.

I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.

Great thoughts of your sin alone will drive you to despair; but great thoughts of Christ will pilot you into the haven of peace.

I am a man of my word… and that word is “unreliable.

If it makes you nervous- you're doing it right.

I love a lot of Colorado and upper Utah. I think some of the most beautiful terrain is upper BC.

You can't go through a divorce and then get back together.