Movies touch our hearts, and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. They take us to other places. They open doors and minds. Movies are the memories of our lifetime. We need to keep them alive.

I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways.

A panoramic vision of Bob Dylan, his music, his shifting place in American culture, from multiple angles. In fact, reading Sean Wilentz's Bob Dylan in America is as thrilling and surprising as listening to a great Dylan song.

If you don’t like the films of Samuel Fuller , then you just don’t like cinema.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Because of the movies I make, people get nervous. They think of me as difficult and angry. I am difficult and angry, but they don't expect a sense of humor. And the only thing that gets me through is a sense of humor.