There are no rules in filmmaking.

Compassion is a two way street..

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 ho….

There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness..

I think of the medium as a people-to-people medium, not cameraman-to-people, not direction-to-people, not writers-to-people, but people-to-peopleYou ….

If the audience gets everything, if they see the photography and notice that it is good, then the story goes out the window, but if you become involv….

The best pictures are yet to be made..

I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries..

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 ag….

Friend, you are a divine mingle-mangle of guts and stardust. So hang in there! If doors opened for me, they can open for anyone..

Someone should keep reminding Mr. Average Man that he was born free, divine, strong; uncrushable by fate, society, or hell itself; and that he is a c….

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 whe….

I always felt the world cannot fall apart as long as free men see the rainbow, feel the rain and hear the laugh of a child..

Man's greatest advances are weapon advances. Culture follows from weaponry, we are militant like the animals and birds - defending our homes. No matt….

Things own you. That's the trouble with capitalism. Things own you. With communism and fascism - ideas own you. One idea and you can't have any other..

My Advice to Young Filmmakers is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them!.

Don't follow trends, start trends..

In these days of wars and rumors of wars - haven't you ever dreamed of a place where there was peace and security, where living was not a struggle bu….

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something..

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 t….

Making money, getting yourself status in this world is not everything at all. But it has become everything in America. That you really have to get go….