The most terrifying fact about the universe not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent
I'm happy - at times - making films. I'm certainly unhappy not making films.
The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.
What do you take me for? A fourteen karat sucker?
The best education in film is to make one
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.