Film & Theater Quotes

The purpose of art is to make us question, not to give us answers.

We are tied to a dead man's dream.

A writer's life is a most lonely life. It is a life of constant self-questioning, of constant doubt, of constant struggle.

Man is a born troublemaker.

I am an enormously talented man, and I have a great deal to offer.

Life is a dream, and we are all dreaming it together.

Don't be afraid of death, be afraid of the unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.

We are all of us in a trauma, and we are all of us in a dream.

The structure of a play is always the story of how the human spirit is tested.

There are two tragedies in life. One is not getting what you want. The other is getting it.

A thousand words don't leave the same deep impression as a single deed.

I believe the common denominator of the universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility, and murder.

I want to make films that are like dreams. I want to make films that are like music. I want to make films that are like life itself.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

We are born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.

I am a person who is not satisfied with the status quo. I want to improve myself, and I want to improve my work.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.