Years ago I had a house in Sussex, it was like Arcadia, with an old Victorian bridge, a pond and the Downs.

And later I thought, I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography.

The rules are learnt in order to be broken, but if you don't know them, then something is missing.

You make the movie through the cinematography - it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me.

Marketing is a very good thing, but it shouldn't control everything. It should be the tool, not that which dictates.

Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange.

When a book is just a plot, you know, two men fight for the love of a woman in a wild frontier, I immediately ask, 'Why?'

In marketing, the familiar is everything.

Mirrors are the essence of movies.

What makes God laugh is people who make plans.

Any change in form produces a fear of change, and that has accelerated. Marketing is the death of invention, because marketing deals with the familiar.

If one does secret acts, what should one do to correct them? He should expose the acts and thereby he will no longer fear anyone.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.

I love to be busy and be challenged. I'm my happiest when I'm under pressure and almost overwhelmed by how much I have to get done.

Today's headlines and history's judgement are not the same.

Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their own vaunts.

I think fashion is just part of my life and if it hadn't of been fashion then it would have been something else.

By definition, love made you better than good enough; it redefined perfection to include your traits, instead of excluding them.

Knotty theological questions are the least worrying of problems to me. Why? Because they will be resolved in the hereafter, and meanwhile they can be safely shelved.

One score makes happy ONE player, one assist makes happy TWO.