The best director is the one you don't see.
I am big. It's the pictures that got small.
You're as good as the best thing you've ever done.
The only pictures worth making are the ones that are playing with fire.
When Chaplin found a voice to say what was on his mind, he was like a child of eight writing lyrics for Beethoven's Ninth.
The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.