I didn't show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk.

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.

Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.

I am... a mushroom; On whom the dew of heaven drops now and then.

I like, as a director and a spectator, simple, direct, frank films. Nothing disgusts me more than snobbism, mannerism, technical gratuity... and, most of all, intellectualism.

When in doubt, make a western.

Who better than an Irishman can understand the Indians, while still being stirred by tales of the US cavalry?

Love is the tyrant of the heart; it darkens Reason, confounds discretion; deaf to Counsel It runs a headlong course to desperate madness.

To be quite blunt, I make pictures for money, to pay the rent.There are some great artists in the business. I am not one of them.

Tell us, pray, what devil This melancholy is, which can transform Men into monsters.

Let them fear bondage who are slaves to fear; the sweetest freedom is an honest heart.

Every leader decides accomplishments or values for which he or she wants to be remembered - Jesus was founded upon love

God is the builder of life.

At the door of every happy person there should be a man with a hammer whose knock would serve as a constant reminder of the existence of unfortunate people.

When somebody's really good, they're not just thinking about their job.

One achieves true human dignity only when one serves. Only he is great who subjects himself to taking part in the achievement of a great task.

Man is and remains an animal.Here a beast of prey, there a housepet, but always an animal.

I am always with myself, and it is I who am my tormentor.

You have something special, you have GREATNESS within you!

Impressionism; it is the birth of Light in painting.

I don't separate one era of jazz from another, because I listen to everybody... Everybody takes from everybody else and adds their own thing and goes on from there.