When people express what is most important to them, it often comes out in cliches. That doesn't make them laughable; it's something tender about them. As though in struggling to reach what's most personal about them they could only come up with what's most public.

- Terrence Malick

I prefer working behind the camera.

- Terrence Malick

Nostalgia is a powerful feeling; it can drown out anything.

- Terrence Malick

There's a good many pictures I'd like to make; we'll see how many I'll be allowed to make.

- Terrence Malick

I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is always 'let it keep rolling.'

- Terrence Malick

Martin Sheen was extraordinary. He's a very gifted man.

- Terrence Malick