If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.

In a mad world only the mad are sane.

I can't afford to hate anyone. I don't have that kind of time.

Man is a genius when he is dreaming.

Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.

It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.

The role of the artist is to not look away.

There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.

Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.

If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.

Your principle should be to see everything and say nothing. The world changes so rapidly that if you want to get on you cannot afford to align yourself with any person or point of view.

In the modern world, if you want to travel off the beaten path, stay off the beaten media path.

Most humans turn away from God simply for the privilege of deluding themselves into thinking they are the masters of their own destiny.

Joy and amazement of the beauty and grandeur of this world of which man can just form a faint notion.

Haters and doubters got me here, but supporters keep me here.

Nobody can make you happy but yourself. Things occupy us, people occupy us, but they don't make us happy. If we are honest, what makes us happy is to experience spirit.

What is bought is cheaper than a gift.

Starting a new retirement plan for those below a certain age is something tens of millions of Americans have already been through at work.

I received my training at an art academy, so what I produce is art. That's what is artistic about my photographs.

I love going to plays. There's a subconscious side to it, obviously-some people like to be spanked for XYZ psychological reasons, and I like to go to plays, and I can't entirely explain why.