money that is in billions and monopolies isn't money at all, because the people have none, and money is democratic, everyone has to have some or there's none at all.
Automatic simply means that you can?t repair it yourself.
No saint, no pope, no general, no sultan, has ever had the power that a filmmaker has; the power to talk to hundreds of millions of people for two hours in the dark.
There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.
Most ideologies of the world are not for the individual. They're against the individual. Communism, fascism. Any kind of an ism - almost - they're against the individual.
I happen to think that Jesus was the greatest hero of all time. I don't think you could invent that kind of a hero. He had it all - everything that the human spirit could yearn for. There is nothing that man ever said or did, by word or deed that is evil. That is not full of compassion. That is not full of love for your neighbor whether he's down or out, or up - no matter what. He taught that you must love your neighbor whether he's a crook, a beggar, whether he's rich or poor.
My films must let every man, woman, and child know that God loves them, that I love them, and that peace and salvation will become a reality only when they all learn to love each other.
The soul must support its own supremacy or die.
I Never Liked You. I think that's my best book. I think it works the best as a story, and I like the drawing. It works on both levels, for me at least.
Serendipity is putting a quarter in the gumball machine and having three pieces come rattling out instead of one-all red.
I have met a great celebrity, Madame Dudevant, known as George Sand. . . Her appearance is not to my liking. Indeed there is something about her which positively repels me. . . What an unattractive person La Sand is. . . Is she really a woman? I'm inclined to doubt it.