Whenever something is convenient or was modified after 1970, you probably shouldn't use it as root.

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.

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.

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

Greatness, whether athletic or otherwise, doesn’t come from those content on just being but from those who seek being the difference.

CRAYFISH, n. A small crustacean very much resembling the lobster, but less indigestible.

Pregnancy demonstrates the deterministic character of woman's sexuality.

Sometimes Buenos Aires is not so safe. You are scared to have someone behind you at night.

I wouldn't want to be just pigeonholed as an extravagant director.

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Hollywood is a deeply odd place. There are so many factors that have to go perfectly, so many schedules and visions that have to snap together for a film even to be made, much less be good.

Routine is not a prison, but the way into freedom from time.

I'm usually alone or asleep, at home.

When the mind is possessed of reality, it feels tranquil and joyous even without music or song, and it produces a pure fragrance even without incense or tea.