I have a problem with censorship by the lawyer - by legal people by the publishing firm, and I may be changing publishers. They don't seem to want to take too many risks with living people.

I've always considered movies evil; the day that cinema was invented was a black day for mankind.

Lucifer is the patron saint of the visual arts. Color, form - all these are the work of Lucifer.

Making a movie is casting a spell.

If you are a member of the media, you belong to the public. You've made that Faustian bargain with your public. Take me – all of me – I'm yours.

Well, everything is constantly evolving and changing. That's what life is all about. But basically Hollywood has lost its focus as a film center. Films are now made all over the world.

Some very famous directors have started in the mail room, which is just getting inside the studio, getting to know people, getting to know the routine.

I think people dream in their own way, dreams are extremely personal, even from person to person. They are completely individual.

I've never made a film using dialogue or speech.

I've made several films that haven't been shown.

Puce Women was my love affair with Hollywood... with all the great goddesses of the silent screen. They were to be filmed in their homes; I was, in effect, filming ghosts.

Tickle my heart with your pen. Write me for all to read. Bind our love inside a book. Make me your poetry.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

It is impossible to experience a person’s life, or to be compassionate, if you do not listen to the person or if you do not ask questions.

Every medicine is vain.

I am a man with an open mind. I really don't know anything, but I'm very interested in the spiritual and the material.

Life is good, without it we'd all be dead.

Good puzzle would be cross Dublin without passing a pub.

In wretched outcomes, the devil is in the details.

When a man of genius appears in the world, it is immediately recognized by the fact that all the blockheads join forces against him.

Lack of desire is the greatest riches.