I think that I used to love Hollywood movies. I remember great phases and moments. But, unfortunately, now is not the moment.

I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is.

I don't film messages. I let the post office take care of those.

I don't think you can in any way export culture with guns or tanks.

If New York is the Big Apple, tonight Hollywood is the Big Nipple.

I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a return to poetry for me, or at least an attempt to create a poem.

A dolly move is a moral commitment.

A monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy.

As a loyal believer in the Auteur Theory I first felt editing was but the logical consequence of the way in which one shoots. But, what I learned is that it is actually another writing.

Film students should stay as far away from film schools and film teachers as possible. The only school for the cinema is the cinema.

I remember being young in the 1960s. We had a great sense of the future, a great big hope. This is what is missing in the youth today. This being able to dream and to change the world.

Do not fear, have faith.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

Baseball has all the money.

Most champions get satisfied and lazy or are content with themselves.

Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes.

I believe in a set of values I cannot live by.

Ignorance is more than bliss, it's freaking orgasmic ecstacy!

On the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected with sea-sickness, which, however, lasted but a short time. I remained on deck constantly, forcing myself to exercise.

I'm simply pointing out that what happens to us isn't the whole story. That I continue to exist even when we're not together.

If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself and his neighbor.