I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.

Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet.

Race hate isn't human nature race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.