I am... a mushroom; On whom the dew of heaven drops now and then.

- John Ford

The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.

- John Ford

Love is the tyrant of the heart; it darkens Reason, confounds discretion; deaf to Counsel It runs a headlong course to desperate madness.

- John Ford

Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photogr…

- John Ford

Let them fear bondage who are slaves to fear; the sweetest freedom is an honest heart.

- John Ford

I didn't show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasi…

- John Ford

When in doubt, make a western.

- John Ford

It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor.

- John Ford

I like, as a director and a spectator, simple, direct, frank films. Nothing disgusts me more than snobbism, mannerism, technical gratuity... and, mos…

- John Ford