I dont believe in learning from other peoples pictures. I think you should learn from your own interior vision of things and discover, as I say, Innocently, as though there had never been anybody.

I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.

I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.

I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.

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.

We made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.