It was the man's dream, and his inspiring attempt to make them come true that remain important.

A good writer is not someone who knows how to write- but how to rewrite

The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college.

In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.

Stay innocent. I'm 69 years old, and I'm still innocent.

I was a pretty shy, lonely kid. I blossomed about age 17, when I went to college.

I probably have genius. But no talent.

You ought to love what you're doing because, especially in a movie, over time you really will start to hate it.

The photographer and the director are where reality and fantasy meet.

I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.

A number of images put together a certain way become something quite above and beyond what any of them are individually.

Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.

Whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes successful in show business.

A director is the ringmaster of a circus that's inventing itself.

We had access to too much equipment, too much money, and little by little we went insane.

I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school.

Movies are the art form most like man's imagination.

It takes no imagination to live within your means.

Most directors have one masterpiece by which they are known. Kurosawa has at least eight or nine.