I like the idea of a trilogy. It's cool. I like the word. When you do four, the word isn't cool - not as cool.
The real hell of life is that everyone has his reasons.
To the question, ‘Is the cinema an art?’ my answer is, ‘what does it matter?’. . . You can make films or you can cultivate a garden. Both have as much claim to being called an art as a poem by Verlaine or a painting by Delacroix… Art is ‘making. ’ The art of poetry is the art of making poetry. The art of love is the art of making love. . . My father never talked to me about art. He could not bear the word.
A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again.
When a friend speaks to me, whatever he says is interesting.
The saving grace of the cinema is that with patience, and a little love, we may arrive at that wonderfully complex creature which is called man.
The foundation of all civilization is loitering.
Knowing Master Huckaback to be a man of his word, as well as one who would have others so, I was careful to be in good time the next morning. . .
All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those who are urged to feel afraid, very afraid, have both the greatest sense of independence and the most finely honed skepticism about government.
You are now at a crossroads. This is your opportunity to make the most important decision you will ever make. Forget your past. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Don't think about who you have been. Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully.
We have decreased the salaries of everybody who partakes in politics, from the president to the prime minister to the MPs [members of Parliament]. We have cut expenditures that have to do with parliament. Everybody knows we are serious.