Stanley Kubrick — "I don't believe in inspiration. I believe in hard work, and I believe in techniq…"

"The most important thing for me is to try to make films that are interesting to me, and that I would want to see."

"If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered."

"I've always been interested in the dark side of things."

"A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later."

"The most important thing for any director is to have a good script. If you don't have a good script, you might as well not bother."