It's impossible to tell you what I'm going to do except to say that I expect to make the best movie ever made.

Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write 'War and Peace' in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling.

I'm happy - at times - making films. I'm certainly unhappy not making films.

When I made my first film, I think the thing was probably helped me the most was that it was such an unusual thing to do in the early 50s for someone who actually go and make a film. People thought it was impossible. It really is terribly easy. All anybody needs is a camera, a tape recorder, and some imagination.

Don't do anything. Just tolerate me and let me suffer, knowing how you feel.

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction.

Any time you take a chance you better be sure the rewards are worth the risk because they can put you away just as fast for a ten dollar heist as they can for a million dollar job.