79 Quotes by Michael Cimino

I wouldn't have had the life I've had without movies.

Nobody lives without making mistakes.

Anybody who says they're bitter is sick in their soul. They've given up.

There's nothing good that comes out of war. It's simply hell on earth, and people survive, and people don't.

There's nothing but brutality and bravery or cowardice that comes out of war. That's pretty much it.

War is war. Vietnam is no different from the Crusades.

I am not a preacher; I'm a reacher.

Movies are about people; there're not about ideas. It's like great novels. Great novels are not about ideas. There's never been a great novel about ideas.

Every great movie is about the people, even if it's a great popular success like 'Gone With the Wind.' It's really not about the Civil War. It's about Scarlett and Rhett. That's who you go to see. You're not going to root for the North or pull for the South, or, you know, it's the people you remember.