The imagination is a pretty precious source of protection.

Film recognizes neither time nor space, only the limits of man's imagination

My affection for CinemaScope initially was my affection for the horizontal line as I learned it from having been apprenticed to an architect who was someone named Frank Lloyd Wright.

As a human being, Joan Crawford is a great actress.

Behind those happy eyes, you hide a mind that is terribly chaotic and that's what makes you, so beautiful.

When I'd woken the next morning, I'd done so in a dislocated world of dimmed daylight and diluted colors, a sodden world, feeling like I was a castaway on an alien planet.

If we be empty and poor it is not because God's hand is straitened but ours is not opened.

My parents grew up during the space race, and I think they imagined the future would be us living on moon bases and everyone has rocket shoes.

I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries.

If you have some magical chemistry that actually find the music you make compelling, that is a big bonus.

Logic has nothing to do with oppression.

I had not spent a ton of time around animals as a kid.

The craziest thing about TV directing is I turned in a version, and then they made their final changes - so I don't know what they are. So I'm like, "Ooo, I'm dying to see the final print."

Healthy people are invalids who don't know it.