God is the same, even though He has a thousand names; it is up to us to select a name for Him.
There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.
Film is a window to the real world but a lie that makes you believe the unbelievable.
After 'The Empire Strikes Back,' I got to make big films that I didn't care about, 'Never Say Never Again' and 'RoboCop 2,' and then I got too old.
Nobody can be happy. You could have moments of happiness, moments of joy. But life is very difficult. Unless you're a total idiot. Then you can be happy.
I have not given much credence to reviews of my films. Sometimes they're wrong, but it didn't matter to me.
I love my early movies, but naturalism is an artist's early style. Now I want to deal with feelings, dreams, an acceptance of irrationality.
There is nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and the wildlife are native. The fundamental idea behind the parks is native. It is, in brief, that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us. The parks stand as the outward symbal of the great human principle.
I don't care about the Constitution! The Constitution isn't here; you're here. Don't be a pinhead.
And out of darkness came the hands that reach through nature, moulding men.
The framers knew that liberty is a fragile thing, and so should we.