We made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.

See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I'm profoundly convinced that that's a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.

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.

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.