the movie is not a thing which is taken by the camera; the movie is the reality of the movie moving from reality to the camera.

He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.

A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.

Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.

Objects exist and if one pays more attention to them than to people, it is precisely because they exist more than the people. Dead objects are still alive. Living people are often already dead.

People like to say, 'What do you mean exactly?' I would answer, 'I mean, but not exactly.'

I don't think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman, not a movie. You can't kiss a movie.

Photography is truth...and cinema is truth 24 times a second.

To live in society today is like living in one enormous comic-strip.

"Away, away," says hate. "Closer, closer," says love.

Killing a man in defense of an idea is not defending an idea; it is killing a man.

Be the love of your love, not the slave of your love.

Your heart is your compass in the journey of life

Enslavement of the heart is worse than enslavement of the body

Who’s driving the boat?”Over the motor, I heard girls screaming at us the instant before we crashed.

It is labor that keeps the strong man strong. And spiritual labor, toil and burden-bearing, is what will give strength to the church of Christ.

David Alford technique that does NOT serve expression leads to exibitionism.

Give children toys that are powered by their imagination, not by batteries.

They who know how to employ opportunities will often find that they can create them; and what we can achieve depends less on the amount of time we possess than on the use we make of our time.

There's an intelligence within the heart that is far bigger than our figuring out the mind.

I get some letters from girls that if their mothers knew what they were writing me in these letters, they'd get their butts whipped.