"The great problem with people is that they don't know what they want."

"Everything serious the drill instructor says, such as 'A rifle is only a tool, it is a hard heart that kills', is completely true."

"What is there in the human spirit that makes it so difficult for us to be happy?"

"I think that the most important thing for a filmmaker is to have a strong vision and to stick to it, no matter what."

"I don't believe in God, but I believe in something bigger than ourselves. Call it the universe, call it nature, call it whatever you want, but there's something out there that's beyond our comprehensi…"