“Life, it has been agreed by everyone whose opinion is worth consulting, is the only fit subject for novelist or biographer; life, the same authorities have decided, has nothing whatever to do with sitting still in a chair and thinking. Thought and life are as the poles asunder.”
“Democracy has nothing to do with freedom. Democracy is a soft variant of communism, and rarely in the history of ideas has it been taken for anything else.”
“A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.”
“Everyone has their own music; they just don't realize it.”
“When the door opens, I realize that the only thing worse than waiting is the moment you realize a decision has been made.”