Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano-playing in my living room has to the book I'm reading.

The most beautiful thing I have ever seen in a movie theatre is to go down to the front and turn around, and look at all the uplifted faces, the light from the screen reflected upon them.

A movie in production is the greatest train set a boy could ever have.

At 600 frames per second, you don't screw around with reality.

A dolly move is a moral commitment.

What you try to become is a bringer of magic, for magic and the truth are closely allied and movies are sheer magic ... when they work, it's, well, it's glorious.

Movies are moments.

If you're going to tell people the truth, make them laugh, or they'll kill you.