[The way Stanley Kubrick] tells a story is antithetical to the way we are accustomed to receiving stories.

I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives.

All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.

I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living.

Failure is inevitable. Success is elusive.

Our one goal is to give the world a taste of peace, friendship and understanding. Through the visual arts, the art of celebration of life.

I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened.

Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers.

The world would be a poorer place without Doctor Who.

Every time I go to a movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about.

I interviewed survivors, I went to Poland, saw the cities and spent time with the people and spoke to the Jews who had come back to Poland after the war and talked about why they had come back.

A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.

When a movie is called 'searingly honest,' it's almost invariably grim and demonstrates how bad things can get.

He who does not seek advice is a fool. His folly blinds him to Truth and makes him evil, stubborn, and a danger to his fellow man.

Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.

We're seeing a decline in religion in North America but, I hope, a rise in individual spirituality. Whatever that means to people.

Either I'll never get rich from the show but remain intensely proud of the work and stand behind every second of it, or it catches on and I'll make my money down the road.

Amazing, Yetta thought. Back home I couldn't have chosen my own husband. And here I'm thinking about choosing presidents, governors, mayors, laws.

It is hopeless trying to go forward when you are looking backward.

Angel: And what will you do with the world, once it is yours?' N. Hob: 'Punish it, for not loving me.

I was beloved. I had been hoped for. Somehow, I was necessary.