You're constantly changing man. But the film's not changing. The film stays the same. That's the beautiful aspect of it.

The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.

The lasting and ultimately most important reputation of a film is not based on reviews, but on what, if anything, people say about it over the years, and on how much affection for it they have.

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 whole idea of god is absurd. If anything, '2001' shows that what some people call 'god' is simply an acceptable term for their ignorance. What they don't understand, they call 'god' -Stanley Kubrick, interview, 1963

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

God has a hard-on for a Marine because we kill everything we see. He plays His game, we play ours.