I usually want to crawl into the ground after I make a film, almost invariably.

I call that mind free which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers, which calls no man master, which does not content itself with a passive or hereditary faith, [and] receives new truth as an angel from Heaven.

I foresee death by culture shock.

We live in far too permissive a society. Never before has pornography been this rampant. And those films are so badly lit!

Once the movie's over, there's not much point. When the thing is edited, mixed, and color-corrected, and you've finished it... In my case, I never read anything about it, I never think about it.

Don't think of death as an ending. Think of it as a really effective way of cutting down your expenses.

I don't rely on anybody except my own judgment. I don't get much input. I don't know if that's helped me or if I would be better off if I did rely on someone.