The trouble with a movie is that it's old before it's released. It's no accident that it comes in a can.

A maverick may go his own way but he doesn't think that it's the only way or ever claim that it's the best one, except maybe for himself. And don't imagine that this raggle-taggle gypsy is claiming to be free. It's just that some of the necessities to which I am a slave are different from yours.

The basic and essential human is the woman.

I look back on my life and it’s 95% running around trying to raise money to make movies and 5% actually making them. It’s no way to live.

People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.

I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.

The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.