Here's to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it's caused me.

I'm just an old man and I smell bad, remember?

It's a mistake to confuse pity with love.

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

[Making movies] you're not trying to capture reality, you're trying to capture a photograph of reality.

Don't get obsessed with not liking a movie.

The essence of dramatic form is to let an idea come over people without it being plainly stated. When you say something directly, it's simply not as potent as it is when you allow people to discover it for themselves.