Once you have found the right shot to introduce the scene-written your first declarative sentence-then the rest flows. You've found the key to the whole scene.

The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world.

I don't try to guess what a million people will like. It's hard enough to know what I like.

A work of art doesn't dare you to realize it. It germinates and gestates by itself.

Hollywood has always been a cage...a cage to catch our dreams

A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it.

Most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and the right place they're capable of anything.

What to do when inspiration doesn't come; be careful not to spook, get the wind up, force things into position. You must wait around until the idea comes.

I prefer to think that God is not dead, just drunk.

I relieve myself from the rigours of directing by casting the movie correctly.

Critics have never been able to discover a unifying theme in my films. For thatmatter, neither have I.

Silence isn't golden and it surely doesn't mean consent, so start practicing the art of communication.

Whoever acts right is rich in deed

Civilization means conforming to a standard of behavior that may not seem natural to us.

Teamwork is the glue which binds losers together

I've loved my 20s, but I would never repeat them.

My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.

The best moment of love is when the lover leaves in the taxi.

The answer to helplessness is not so very complicated.

In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy.

If it's true you learn from your mistakes, Jim Frey will be the best manager ever