I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?

Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.

No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.

Like many people, I have no religion, and I am just sitting in a small boat drifting with the tide. I live in the doubts of my duty.... I think there is dignity in this, just to go on working.... Today we stand naked, defenseless, and more alone than at any time in history. We are waiting for something, perhaps another miracle, perhaps the Martians. Who knows?

I think that one can have luck if one tries to create an atmosphere of spontaneity.