Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

I don't believe in competition for artistic things. I just like the atmosphere of the Cannes festival. I don't want to win anything or lose anything.

I feel about New York as a child whose father is a bank robber. Not perfect, but I still love him.

The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.

I consider myself a completely lucky filmmaker. I've had nothing but good luck. Everything I've needed has come my way.

He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion... no, make that: he - he romanticized it all out of proportion. Yes. To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.