David Lean Quotations

My distinguishing talent is the ability to put people under the microscope, perhaps to go one or two layers farther down than some other directors.

Don't make jokes about food.

Good films can be made only by a crew of Dedicated Maniacs.

I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.

When you're in the desert, you look into infinity.... It makes you feel terribly small, and also in a strange way, quite big.

I've just begun to dare to think I perhaps am a bit of an artist.

I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.

I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures.

Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience should not be conscious of technique.