I know people who have a much better recollection of their childhood than I do. They remember very well when they were a year and a half and two years old. I've only one or two daguerreotypes that come to mind.

In the theater there are 1,500 cameras rolling at the same time - in the cinema, only one.

What's happening now is what happened before, and often what's going to happen again sometime or other

Criticism is the essence of creation.

If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they're talking.

The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow.

Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.