Man Is A Genius When He Is

If You Want To Be A Great Director, Be A Great Screenwriter.

But Ignorance Is A Kind Of Insanity In The Human Animal. People Who Delight In Torturing Defenseless Children Or Tiny Creatures Are In Reality Insane. The Terrible Thing Is That People Who Are Madmen In Private May Wear A Totally Bland And Innocent Expression In Public.

There Is Something That Might Be Called Cinematic Beauty. It Can Only Be Expressed In A Film, And It Must Be Present For That Film To Be A Moving Work. When It Is Very Well Expressed, One Experiences A Particularly Deep Emotion While Watching That Film. I Believe That It Is This Quality That Draws People To Come And See A Film, And That It Is The Hope Of Attaining This Quality That Inspires The Filmmaker To Make His Film In The First Place.

It Is The Power Of Memory That Gives Rise To The Power Of Imagination.

If I Were To Write Anything At All, It Would Turn Out To Be Nothing But Talk About Movies. In Other Words, Take 'myself,' Subtract 'movies,' And The Result Is 'zero.'