I never rewatch the great films of my favorite directors because I'm afraid they won't hold up.
Small rooms or dwellings discipline the mind, large ones weaken it.
He who never puts his trust in any man will never be deceived.
An artist who lacks the power of self-criticism accomplishes but little. It is good if your work stands higher than your own opinion of it; bad if it is on the same level. But it is a great disaster if your work stands lower than your judgment of it.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer.
Tears come from the heart and not from the brain
It was the bumble bee and the butterfly who survived, not the dinosaur.
In terms of the role of the media, that is my candidacy which does provide that truly progressive agenda that gets to the heart of what is driving this right-wing extremism. It's not just Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton is not going to be the solution here.
Artists are the traditional interpreters of dreams and nightmares.
No matter how good you are at something, there's always about a million people better than you.