"In a mad world only the mad are sane."
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"I can't afford to hate anyone. I don't have that kind of time."
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"Man is a genius when he is dreaming."
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"Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true."
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"With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film. For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water. That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this."
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"People today have forgotten they're really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better... They don't know it, but they're losing nature. They don't see that they're going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water."
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"The role of the artist is to not look away."
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"It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination."
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"There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself."
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"Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing."
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"The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they've been given. I believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes."
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"In order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality7 that one feels under the surface of things. To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away."
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"If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of."
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"I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted. I simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I am a person who tries hard. That's all there is to me."
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"Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero."
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"I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?"
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"To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away."
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"If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter."
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"I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself."
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"Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people. They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself."
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