I've always said to people that auteurism is nice, but it's hypothetical, and gradually you learn how much or how little influence different directors had.

Movies are as old as psychoanalysis. So if I were to put you or anyone else on a couch and say, 'Tell me your favorite movies,' it would be a way of psychoanalyzing you.

Hitchcock is the most-daring avant-garde film-maker in America today.

It is cynicism, and not idealism, that is generally the mark of youthful immaturity, or rather it is the cynic who is generally the most foolish romantic.

Lola Montes is, in my unhumble opinion, the greatest film of all time, and I am willing to stake my critical reputation, such as it is, on this one proposition above all others.

I'm afraid you can't create tragedy out of abnormal psychology.

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time.

I hate to go out on a limb after only one viewing, but Nashville strikes me as Altman's best film, and the most exciting dramatic musical since Blue Angel.

I never argue with people about movies.

Tokyo Sonata speaks to us, with feeling and passion, as one of the most eloquent statements on the world today that we are likely to see in this moviegoing year.

Lemon Tree is well worth seeing as a first-class artistic achievement bridging two civilizations.

Let us be the waves of infinite love to be infinite in this finite ocean of life.

Three things to help keep your brain cells awake and alert ... drink plenty of clean water, get plenty of deep sleep, and let your imagination soar to places it's never dared venture.

Worship is the launching pad for life.

The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account.

To read is to surrender oneself to an endless displacement of curiosity and desire from one sentence to another

Meditation does not mean you have to grin every moment of your life, but to learn to let your bones smile.

He showed in the last interview, as on the later portions of the chart, a genuine fondness for the rabbit.

Me love you long time.

There are times when fear is not our enemy. There are times when fear is our truest, sometimes only, friend.

He, who learns and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden, with a load of books.