Film is like a colony and there are very few colonists.

The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.

The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.

I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.

Gluttony is not a secret vice.