Art Consists Of Reshaping Life But It

Man Isn't A Noble Savage, He's An Ignoble Savage. He Is Irrational, Brutal, Weak, Silly, Unable To Be Objective About Anything Where His Own Interests Are Involved-that About Sums It Up. I'm Interested In The Brutal And Violent Nature Of Man Because It's A True Picture Of Him. And Any Attempt To Create Social Institutions On A False View Of The Nature Of Man Is Probably Doomed To Failure.

I'm Not Saying We Wouldn't Get Our Hair Mussed, Mr. President, But I Do Say Not More Than Ten To Twenty Million Dead Depending Upon The Breaks.

A Filmmaker Has Almost The Same Freedom As A Novelist Has When He Buys Himself Some Paper.

All Work And No Play Makes Jack A Dull Boy.

A Film Is - Or Should Be - More Like Music Than Like Fiction.