Movies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and it's still evolving in different ways.

The popularity of disaster movies expresses a collective perception of a world threatened by irresistible and unforeseen forces which nevertheless are thwarted at the last moment. Their thinly veiled symbolic meaning might be translated thus: We are innocent of wrongdoing. We are attacked by unforeseeable forces come to harm us. We are, thus, innocent even of negligence. Though those forces are insuperable, chance will come to our aid and we shall emerge victorious.

The purpose of technique is to free the unconscious. If you follow the rules ploddingly, they will allow your unconscious to be free.

I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer.

What we're trying to do is find two or more shots the juxtaposition of which will give us the idea.

Art is an expression of joy and awe. It is not an attempt to share one's virtues and accomplishments with the audience, but an act of selfless spirit.

The dream and the film are the juxtaposition of images in order to answer a question.