There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

Always stay open to surprise.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

Music and film are inseparable. They always have been and always will be.

I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart.

Don’t try to search out a better profile to start with your work but you should start your work for create a better profile.

Trust no future howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act - act in the living Present! Heart within and God o'erhead.

The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.

When I was younger, they used to tease me. And now they’re quite protective.

I hardly wear any makeup.

I'm a horror movie fan to begin with, so to come back to the genre, I feel like horror has been very good to me.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

There was an ape in the days that were earlier, Centuries passed and his hair became curlier; Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist — Then he was a Man and a Positivist.

The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself of his ego.