You make a film to distract people, to interest them, perhaps to make them think, perhaps to help them be a little less naive, a little better than they were.

My father wanted me to be a pharmacist like himself. He had been a doctor, but he no longer believed in medicine; so he became a pharmacist, but he believed in that hardly more.

You have to accept the fact that sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue.

There is no new wave, only the sea.

I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things.

A woman is subject matter enough.

We live in an era where pizzas show up faster than the police.

Some colors are very difficult to render, and you must compensate to get the color you want on the screen.

Stupidity is infinitely more fascinating that intelligence. Intelligence has its limits while stupidity has none.

I'm not pessimistic about people in general, but only about the way they live.

I'm not wild about hand-held shots.

What will I do if I find myself with a heart?" "Lose it constantly, I imagine.

A certain Samaritan... bound up his wounds pouring in oil and wine.

I realized if you can change a classroom, you can change a community, and if you change enough communities you can change the world.

Take risks in your life in the pursuit of your dreams, and support the ones you love when they take risks.

I've never dreamed of being famous. The idea of it really scares me.

Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.

Some people called me a fascist. That's mostly over, but there will be more attacks from the unions.

Mystery such as is given of God is beyond the power of human penetration, yet not in opposition to it.

If you spend too long trying to avoid death, you will be dead in at least one way.

The Church tries to fit Christ into it, not the Church into Christ.