I do have a responsibility, but I would make the most boring films in the world if I woke up every morning worrying about my social responsibility.

Editing feels almost like sculpting or a form of continuing the writing process.

Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.

I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business.

I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that merges into film in some way.

I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon.

But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood.

I have one life. I am a certain age. I'm married to one person. I have a certain number of children. I won't have another life other than that, but I do have many lives through the films.

I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the world that doesn't like the failures.

Making films is much more difficult than people imagine, and so the experience of actually directing them is not one I've ever relished.

One wants to be able to experience being other people, remaking a reality, remaking a life, remaking a certain world.

We ought to seek daily grace. The sacred-spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

I believe that fortitude is key. More than anything, be consistent. Go at it. Go at it. Go at it. When you succeed, don’t forget the responsibility of making somebody else succeed with you.

Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can only go so far, but faith has no limits.

I've had my fill of these city guttersnipes--all that scavenging scum! They're the sort of people, who, if the gates of heaven opened to them, all they'd feel would be a draught.

The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation.

I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand.

Opportunities present themselves every day - to everyone. You just have to be alert and ready to act.

She seemed imprisoned in her sadness.

Among the songs I love best were those that I see as historically important, which help to change and develop my taste.

My chair was nearest to the fire In every company That talked of love or politics, Ere Time transfigured me.