I may film scenes I had no intention of filming; things suggest themselves on location, and we improvise. I try not to think about it too much. Then, in the cutting room, I take the film and start to put it together, and only then do I begin to get an idea of what it is about.

I don't know whether I am ever bored. I never look at myself.

One of the problems of the future world will be the use of leisure time. How will it be filled up? Maybe drugs will be distributed free of charge by the government.

Scientific man is already on the moon, and yet we are still living with the moral concepts of Homer.

Hollywood doesn't believe in the death penalty for anyone except people who get cable TV without paying for it. Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing.

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.