I don't like doing interviews. There is always the problem of being misquoted or, what's even worse, of being quoted exactly.

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

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.

The most terrifying fact about the universe not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent

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.

I've never achieved spectacular success with a film. My reputation has grown slowly. I suppose you could say that I'm a successful filmmaker-in that a number of people speak well of me. But none of my films have received unanimously positive reviews, and none have done blockbuster business.

Art consists of reshaping life but it does not create life, nor cause life.