I could make a film in front of a wall if I knew how to find the data of man's true humanity and how to express it.

I like melodrama because it is situated just at the meeting point between life and theater.

It seems that boredom is one of the greatest discoveries of our time. If so, there's no question but that he must be considered a pioneer.

The prince in The Leopard was a very complex character - at times autocratic, rude, strong - at times romantic, good, understanding - and sometimes even stupid, and above all, mysterious.

Here for business or pleasure, Mr. Wheeler?""Redemption, " Shane says.

I write because I love. I love because I write.

Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; The arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plow, the worm to weave.

There's no default. Each emotional experience elicits a different, possibly new response.

Lord I do fear / Thou'st made the world too beautiful this year.

I think you can say a lot with the movement of your camera but you can also say a lot by keeping it still.

I found for me that my safe place was work. I could control my environment. I became very fastidious and detailed, and wanted things a certain way.

We each have all the time there is; our mental and moral status is determined by what we do with it.

When you get hard work you get success, and we put a lot of years into it.

A purely disembodied human emotion is a nonentity.