I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that all his work is up to his standard.

There are a thousand ways to point a camera, but really only one.

The job of the director is to suggest two plus two. Let the viewer say four.

Nobody should try to play comedy unless they have a circus going on inside.

In Hollywood we acquire the finest novels in order to smell the leather bindings.

I've been to Paris, France, and I've been to Paris, Paramount. I think I prefer Paris, Paramount

No, ” moaned Tom in despair. “School. School straight on ahead! Why, why do dime stores show things like that in windows before summer’s even over! Ruin half the vacation!

We love our planet Earth. We should - it is our home, and there's no place like home. There can't ever be a better place than Earth.

I choose films for their artistic value. I don't need a mansion or a Jaguar. When I leave this Earth, I won't take any money with me. All I will leave behind will be my art.

One advantage of a monarchy is that a monarchy does not suffer the effects of having great clots of white Christians moping around simply because they aren't the king or queen.

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

Boy, did he depress me! I don't mean he was a bad guy- he wasn't. But you don't have to be bad guy to depress somebody- you can be a good guy and do it.

Yeah, touring can get rough some times and draining, but I always have to pinch myself and realize that I'm doing what I love.

Life is not determined by consciousness, but consciousness by life.

Documentaries deal with people who live real, everyday lives. But if these people trusted us and told us the truth about their lives, it could be used against them - which sometimes happened.

Let goodness go with the doing.