Talent is luck. The important thing in life is courage.
Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.
Sometimes silence seems to connect us in a way that words never could.
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: photograph the people's eyes.
For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.
The longer you wait, the harder it gets.
If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down.
There is one important thing to remember: the tools don't make the movie, you make the movie
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.
Fair play to those who dare to dream!