Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it.

Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.

I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me.

I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.

The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.

I've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends.

The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.