I read, therefore I'm interested in writers.

- Philip Kaufman

Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death…

- Philip Kaufman

Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go into adult relationships. I think there's a huge audience in America for those kinds of fil…

- Philip Kaufman

What's really interesting about that is that a lot of these words that were incendiary in their time now seem almost harmless and laughable, because …

- Philip Kaufman

The truth is, I'm drawn to all kinds of things.

- Philip Kaufman

To me, thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our society should not be idle entertainments but the joy of pursuing ideas.

- Philip Kaufman

They are always very lax about putting restrictions on violence for children's movies, which I think is much more harrowing than sexuality for childr…

- Philip Kaufman

Making movies can be a creative exciting project for director and rest of staff.

- Philip Kaufman

You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but the reverse is no guarantee of happiness.

- Philip Kaufman