Why, I hold fate Clasped in my fist, and could command the course Of time's eternal motion, hadst thou been One thought more steady than an ebbing sea.

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.

Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.

I am... a mushroom; On whom the dew of heaven drops now and then.

I didn't show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk.

I like, as a director and a spectator, simple, direct, frank films. Nothing disgusts me more than snobbism, mannerism, technical gratuity... and, most of all, intellectualism.

When in doubt, make a western.

Who better than an Irishman can understand the Indians, while still being stirred by tales of the US cavalry?

Love is the tyrant of the heart; it darkens Reason, confounds discretion; deaf to Counsel It runs a headlong course to desperate madness.

To be quite blunt, I make pictures for money, to pay the rent.There are some great artists in the business. I am not one of them.

Tell us, pray, what devil This melancholy is, which can transform Men into monsters.

True self-confidence never needs to degrade the confidence of others in order to grow. If it does, it’s not confidence at all…it’s ego.

I think actions speak louder than words. You can do all the hyping you want. It doesn't mean anything.

Next time you see a brother down Stop and pick him up, Cause you might be the next one stuck.

With greater completeness and abstraction, I have attained a form filtered to its essentials.

It is sometimes essential for a husband and a wife to quarrel - they get to know each other better.

I do not regard killing or assassination or terrorism as good in any circumstances whatsoever.

The tires were scorching hot, in fact I burned my fingers on one.

Love is a secret society, a community for two.

We have a vow to give wholeheartedly everything to the poor.

The game is won or lost on hundreds of small details.