We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.

A woman, I always say, should be like a good suspense movie: The more left to the imagination, the more excitement there is. This should be her aim - to create suspense, to let a man discover things about her without her having to tell him.

Never judge a country by its politicians.

Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work.

Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.

I don't understand why we have to experiment with film. I think everything should be done on paper. A musician has to do it, a composer. He puts a lot of dots down and beautiful music comes out. And I think that students should be taught to visualize. That's the one thing missing in all this. The one thing that the student has got to do is to learn that there is a rectangle up there - a white rectangle in a theater - and it has to be filled.

You think she's pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!