Society mends its wounds. And that's invariably true in all the tragedies, in the comedies as well. And certainly in the histories.

In what I think is the most serious problem the world faces, which is the population explosion, we will come I think to a time when measures that are not even dreamt of now will become necessary.

I believe that we are again engaged in a great civil war, a cultural way that's about to hijack your birthright to think and say what resides in your heart. I fear you no longer trust the pulsing lifeblood of liberty inside you... the stuff that made this country rise from wilderness into the miracle that it is.

I don't seem to fit really into the 20th Century

In terms of pure physical effort, today was probably as hard as I've worked in any part. I spent the morning rowing, including the change of speeds Arrius [the Roman commander] test Judah with. A real bone-breaker.

Film is the only art form whose raw materials are so horrendously expensive that the artist cannot afford to buy them for himself.

I'm neither giving up nor giving in.