Nicolas Roeg

Men and women's needs and desires overlap but go in different directions as well.

And later I thought, I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography.

Our memory and the movies keep movie stars alive for us, and Tony Curtis is still a star.

I've always loved the future. But I must say the future changes a lot quicker than it used to. An era used to last thirty or forty years - now we're lucky if it's five.

I imagine if aliens came down to Earth, they'd actually be quite tall; people seem to get everything right about extraterrestrials but the size!

We can't get our youth back.

I don't look back on any film I've done with fondness or pride.

I've always admired the tradition of storytellers who sat in the public market and told their stories to gathered crowds. They'd start with a single premise and talk for hours - the notion of one story, ever-changing but never-ending.

I've never tried to enhance my reputation. Never moved upwards from one thing to another. That sort of thing is of no interest to me at all.

I think the big studios shaped and formed the artists that they put under contract.

We're all influenced by everything unless we're locked in an empty room.

I wouldn't like to be a non-believer in anything.