I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments.

I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth.

What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.

No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.

I am profoundly fascinated by cruelty, fear, horror and death. My films show my preoccupation with violence, the pathology of violence.

To this day, I am saddened by Ranger Tillman's death, as I am for the loss of every service member I served with, and for the pain such losses cause each family.

People are dying to tell you their secrets; it's just a matter of getting the conversation going in the right direction. If you just let people fill the silence, they will let you the most extraordinary things. I sometimes wonder if afterward they remember what they've said.

It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul struggling in the contrary toils of love and religion - death brought them into harmony.