History isn't really about the past - settling old scores. It's about defining the present and who we are.

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

I never, ever want to apologize for a film. If it's bad I'll say it's my fault. And that's what I can say so far in all the films that I've done, that if you don't like it, it's entirely my fault.

By its very nature, no one person can ever be the center of Jazz.

In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify the emotions the filmmaker wants you to feel.

Do not lose your enthusiasm. In its Greek etymology, the word enthusiasm means, "God in us."

I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start editing, doing many, many versions. The music shapes the film as we edit so it has an organic relationship to the content.