Rouben Mamoulian quotes:

The world today is so full of violence, obscenity, war, the failure of political systems. I try to make movies that make people a bit more confident. But that doesn't mean being sugary.

You must trust your instinct, intuition and judgment.

Some of the screen's best moments were realized because a director went against all reason, all logic. No matter how incredible a story seems, it can be made credible. If you feel an insane idea strongly enough, you've usually got something.

A film must have two elements - it must deal with the real world and show how it could be made better.