I love editing. I think I like it more than any other phase of film making. If I wanted to be frivolous, I might say that everything that precedes editing is merely a way of producing film to edit.

I didn't want murder. It's all gone wrong.

The feel of the experience is the important thing, not the ability to verbalize or analyze it.

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

There's something in the human personality which resents things that are clear, and conversely, something which is attracted to puzzles, enigmas, and allegories.

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.

Regret isn't going to get me anywhere. It's like being obsessed with something. It doesn't bring you anywhere.