“Playfulness: that infantile quality we sneer at whilst busying ourselves with intellect and seriousness. And misery.”

“We are most nearly ourselves when we achieve the seriousness of the child at play.”

“The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all.”

“When we experience a film, we consciously prime ourselves for illusion. Putting aside will and intellect, we make way for it in our imagination. The sequence of pictures plays directly on our feelings. Music works in the same fashion; I would say that there is no art form that has so much in common with film as music. Both affect our emotions directly, not via the intellect. And film is mainly rhythm; it is inhalation and exhalation in continuous sequence.”

“Whilst men may play the game, women know the score.”

“It is our responsibilities not ourselves that we should take seriously.”