I am simply trying to struggle through life trying to do God's bidding.

I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in.

Attention should be paid to this question of our soul, and not simply to accounting procedures. Attention should be paid to the interest of those who are yet unborn, who should be able to see this generation as it saw itself, and the past generation as it saw itself.

Football games are on TV, and it doesn't affect stadium attendance at all. It's the same with movies. People who really love movies and like to go out on a Saturday night will go to the movie theater.

Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.

There is no why. We are. Life is beyond reason.

'American Graffiti' was unpleasant because of the fact that there was no money, no time, and I was compromising myself to death.