"I think that the big mistake people make about movies is that they don't understand that films are essentially a dream process. You're not supposed to be able to explain what's going on in a dream. If…"

"A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later."

"There's something in the human personality which resents things that are clear, and conversely, something which is attracted to things that are vague, mysterious, or even a little opaque."

"The test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching."

"The whole idea of god is absurd. If anything, 2001 shows that what some people call 'god' is simply an acceptable term for their ignorance. What they don't understand, they call 'god'... Everything we…"