Being essentially a creator, I never set out to shock, always thinking about creating my work and not about the benefits it… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I don't think of an actor. I think in the character, and then I search for the actor. Usually I'm thinking without… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
When I was a young person I went to the university and I learned a rational language, to think with the left… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I never know if my picture is a good picture or a bad picture, because I'm not making pictures thinking of the… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
Awakening is not a thing. It is not a goal, not a concept. It is not something to be attained. It is… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I think the art of filmmaking is something you learn through actions, by doing it, not by learning theories. And as you… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I think Twitter is the literature of the 21st century. I think it's an incredible art because when you make a book,… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
Every mind has another vision of reality. There is not a common reality. Every person thinks he is like the others, but… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
The only thing a master can teach is how to learn about yourself. There are no secrets. They are only techniques to waken yourself. — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I have always thought that, of all the arts, the cinema is the most complete art. — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
My writing routine is everyday I put a record on, the same one since 20 years. Then I burn a stick of incense, I… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
If you are great, 'El Topo' is a great picture. If you are limited, 'El Topo' is limited. — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
'Santa Sangre' is the picture I love the best, myself, because 'El Topo' and 'The Holy Mountain' I made with my head, and 'Santa… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
Surrealism was necessary - essential, even - in the 1920s to bridge the gap between rationalism and the subconscious. It started something important. But… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
Life is beautiful, what do you think? In the morning I say, 'Ah, I am alive still!' All my friends die already. I am… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
One day I was sitting in my own pain, and suddenly all the pain and troubles of the world came to me. I received… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I don't see myself as a moviemaker only, you know? When I can do a picture, I do. But I don't work like a… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
I was alone as a child. I lived in fairytales, adventures, Shakespeare. They are the friends, my books. — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
