Some very famous directors have started in the mail room, which is just getting inside the studio, getting to know people, getting to know the routine.

I've always considered movies evil; the day that cinema was invented was a black day for mankind.

Lucifer is the patron saint of the visual arts. Color, form - all these are the work of Lucifer.

Making a movie is casting a spell.

If you are a member of the media, you belong to the public. You've made that Faustian bargain with your public. Take me – all of me – I'm yours.

Well, everything is constantly evolving and changing. That's what life is all about. But basically Hollywood has lost its focus as a film center. Films are now made all over the world.

I have a problem with censorship by the lawyer - by legal people by the publishing firm, and I may be changing publishers. They don't seem to want to take too many risks with living people.

I think people dream in their own way, dreams are extremely personal, even from person to person. They are completely individual.

I've never made a film using dialogue or speech.

I've made several films that haven't been shown.

Puce Women was my love affair with Hollywood... with all the great goddesses of the silent screen. They were to be filmed in their homes; I was, in effect, filming ghosts.

The truth is not distorted here, but rather a distortion is used to get at truth.

Grandchildren are their grandparents' toys.

In recent years, academics, policy-makers, and experts have raised the question of the applicability of peacetime environmental law in times of armed conflict.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life in order to keep it.

If you change your attitude you will change how you see the world and discover the potential it has simply through opening up your eyes to C Differently

Reading can be dangerous.

We have a tremendous investment in facilities for (internal combustion engines, transmissions, and axles) and I can't see throwing them away just because the electric car doesn't emit fumes.

Any New York group can come to L.A. and sell out every show, but an L.A. group who goes to New York might not do the same because the audience hasn't been introduced to the group.

I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money.

I don't know why the players make such a big fuss about sitting in the first class section of the plane. Does that mean they'll get there faster?