It follows the seasons, beginning each year with the fond expectancy of springtime and ending with the hard facts of autumn.

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.

One of the things I really like about Ford's films is how there is always a focus on the way characters live, and not just the male heroes.

There is no communication in this world except between equals.

I enjoy total creative control right now. Nobody tells me to make it longer, shorter, better, sexier, more violent, whatever.

It is the great arrogance of the present to forget the intelligence of the past

Like a layer on a pearl, you can't specifically identify the irritant, the moment of the irritant, but at the end of the day, you know you have a pearl.