To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.

No movie can claim to be a work of philosophy. They fulfill a totally different need in people.

Sound creates an intimate effect: the sensation to feel the place. It makes the viewer enter. You have the liberty to hear what you want.

Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress me.

That is why every military officer fights - so that there may be peace.

I would be more at peace if I could just record music and slide it under the door.

In the epic war over Silicon Valley's intellectual property, Bill Gates was on the side of licensing copyright and robust protections for intellectual property. He wasn't on the side of the hackers, and he didn't want information to be free.

When my father served in World War II, he wasn't told, 'Go to Europe for four months, for six months, and then you can come back, and there'll be plenty of big bases there for you to serve on, and don't worry about it.'