"The criminal and the soldier at least have the virtue of being against something or for something in a world where many people have learned to accept a kind of grey nothingness, to strike an unreal se…"

"The most powerful thing in the world is an idea whose time has come."

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"I'm not interested in making films that are easy to categorize. I want to make films that defy categorization."

"You can't make a movie for the critics. You have to make it for yourself and hope that enough people like it."