No philosophy based on an incorrect view of the nature of man is likely to produce social good.

My period as a young teenager when you really listen to music so you can get understand a little bit more about what the music is was, say, 1965 to 1968. I was just lucky to be in those times.

The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning. If it can be written or thought, it can be filmed.

The dead know only one thing, it is better to be alive

Sanitised violence in movies has been accepted for years. What seems to upset everybody now is the showing of the consequences of violence.

The director's job is to know what emotional statement he wants a character to convey in his scene or his line, and to exercise taste and judgment in helping the actor give his best possible performance.

The first really important book I read about filmmaking was The Film Technique by Pudovkin. This was some time before I had ever touched a movie camera and it opened my eyes to cutting and montage.