However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light..

I don't think that writers or painters or filmmakers function because they have something they particularly want to say. They have something that the….

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion,….

The feel of the experience is the important thing, not the ability to verbalize or analyze it..

Either you care, or you don't. There's no in-between. And if you care, then go all of the way..

Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous..

If you really want to communicate something, even if it’s just an emotion or an attitude, let alone an idea, the least effective and least enjoyable ….

Man isn't a noble savage, he's an ignoble savage. He is irrational, brutal, weak, silly, unable to be objective about anything where his own interest….

The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning..

I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want..

Everything has already been done. every story has been told every scene has been shot. it’s our job to do it one better..

Nothing is as dangerous as a sure thing..

The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good..

If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed..

There's something in the human personality which resents things that are clear, and conversely, something which is attracted to puzzles, enigmas, and….

Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you'r….

The truth of a thing is in the feel of it, not in the think of it..

The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference,….

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, f….

I will say that the God concept is at the heart of 2001 but not any traditional, anthromorphic image of God. I don't believe in any of Earth's monoth….

The best education in film is to make one.