Time is the lens through which dreams are captured.

All of a sudden, there are great Japanese films, or great Italian films, or great Australian films. It's usually because there are a number of people that cross-pollinated each other.

Movies are the art form most like man's imagination.

I know that if a film is ready to emerge out of what I write, I'll be able to go off and make it without asking anyone's permission.

The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college.

The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy.

Stay innocent. I'm 69 years old, and I'm still innocent.