Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.

Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it's completely useless as far as I'm concerned.

This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.

Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

Making a film means, first of all, to tell a story. That story can be an improbable one, but it should never be banal. It must be dramatic and human. What is drama, after all, but life with the dull bits cut out?

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.

When you can look forward, and the road is clear ahead, and now you are going to create something - that's as happy as I'd want to be.