I don't want to be immortal through my works. I want to be immortal by not dying.

I, interestingly, had dated a woman in the Eisenhower Administration briefly, and it was ironic to me 'cause I was trying to do toher what Eisenhower has been doing to the country for the last eight years.

Human beings are divided into mind and body. The mind embraces all the nobler aspirations, like poetry and philosophy, but the body has all the fun.

I do believe that reality is dreadful and that you are forced to choose it in the end or go crazy, but that it kills you.

I've always had an easy time directing actors because I always hire ones that are great before I get my hands on them.

I always thought that as long as man is mortal, he will never be relaxed.

When you make the film, there's a big difference between when you're in your own home at the typewriter, and when you're standing on a mountain, or on a street corner, and buses are coming by-it's a different reality. You make a million changes that were never in the script, but that reality dictates.