“Films can only be made by by-passing the will of those who appear in t...” — Robert Bresson Quote

“Films can only be made by by-passing the will of those who appear in them, using not what they do, but what they are.”

“The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance with which your images must shine.”

“Model. Two mobile eyes in a mobile head, itself on a mobile body.”

“Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth: but even this... will without much labour be effected.”

“I'm not much of a Rick Moody fan, but I want to be a fan for the Rick Moody I thought might appear after his first two novels, 'Garden State' (1992) and 'The Ice Storm' (1994).”

“When I appear onstage, that's my departure from Momhood - and I transform into Natalie MacMaster: the entertainer, the fiddler, the performer.”