A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.

Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can't speak any foreign language, I don't feel out of place. I think of earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is and the would be put an end to it.

Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.

If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.

I like silent pictures and I always have ... I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way: one of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.

I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.

Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.