All my life is passing in front of my eyes. The worst part of it is I'm driving a used car.

None of the arts are any good unless you really are great at them.

[...] I've come to the conclusion that the artist can not justify life or come up with a cogent reason as to why life is meaningful, but the artist can provide you with a cold glass of water on a hot day.

Eternity is really long, especially near the end.

Everyone wants to get out of living where they're living now, because life is a pretty tough proposition and not much fun. But when you think back to earlier times, you only extrapolate the nice things.

My relationship with American audiences is the exact same as it always has been. They never came to see my films, and they don't come now.

And in all of Babylonia there was wailing and gnashing of teeth, 'til the prophets bade the multitudes get a grip on themselves and shape up.