The Screen Is A Magic Medium.

How Could We Possibly Appreciate The Mona Lisa If Leonardo Had Written At The Bottom Of The Canvas: 'the Lady Is Smiling Because She Is Hiding A Secret From Her Lover.' This Would Shackle The Viewer To Reality, And I Don't Want This To Happen To 2001.

The Destruction Of This Planet Would Have No Significance On A Cosmic Scale.

When I Made My First Film, I Think The Thing Was Probably Helped Me The Most Was That It Was Such An Unusual Thing To Do In The Early 50s For Someone Who Actually Go And Make A Film. People Thought It Was Impossible. It Really Is Terribly Easy. All Anybody Needs Is A Camera, A Tape Recorder, And Some Imagination.

It's Crazy How You Can Get Yourself In A Mess Sometimes And Not Even Be Able To Think About It With Any Sense And Yet Not Be Able To Think About Anything Else.

Art Consists Of Reshaping Life But It Does Not Create Life, Nor Cause Life.