98 Quotes by Nicolas Roeg

My father was an extraordinary man.

Mirrors are the essence of movies.

In life, we all learn from everyone.

Movies which set out to be 'commercial' usually have an artificial look about them-a certain waxlike quality. They allow for no failure, no moment of mistake.

You make the movie through the cinematography – it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me.

Movies are not scripts – movies are films; they’re not books, they’re not the theatre.

I’ve always admired the tradition of storytellers who sat in the public market and told their stories to gathered crowds. They’d start with a single premise and talk for hours – the notion of one story, ever-changing but never-ending.

Some people are very lucky, and have the story in their heads. I’ve never storyboarded anything. I like the idea of chance. What makes God laugh is people who make plans.

The rules are learnt in order to be broken, but if you don’t know them, then something is missing.