Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated.

You may make something you don't think is very important during your lifetime and it'll last for a thousand years.

The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

I think that God gave us a brain, and that it's the only thing we have to survive. All life forms have some advantage, some trick, some claw, some camouflage, some poison, some speed, something to help them survive. We've got a brain. Therefore it's our duty to use our brain.

Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.

Film is a very tight little box. If you don't fit in that box, you're gone. Television, there's more room to move around.

If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.