You Don't Make Pictures For Oscars.

I've Been To North Africa Many Times.

There's No Such Thing As Simple. Simple Is Hard.

Violence Is Not The Answer, It Doesn’t Work Any More. We Are At The End Of The Worst Century In Which The Greatest Atrocities In The History Of The World Have Occurred... The Nature Of Human Beings Must Change. We Must Cultivate Love And Compassion.

You Have To Remain Strong. That's The Kind Of Filmmaker I Want To Encourage. Orson Welles Was The One Who Said, You Know, You Can Learn Anything You Need To Know About Filmmaking- That's Camera, Sound, Celluloid, Video At This Point- In Four Hours. It Has Nothing To Do With Anything. It Has Nothing To Do With It... It Has To Do With What You Want To Say. If You Feel You Have Something To Say, You'll Find That Way To Get It Said, On Film, And Not Let Anyone Or Anything Chip Away At That Or Tarnish It, Because It's Something Special And Precious.

Your Job Is To Get Your Audience To Care About Your Obsessions.