Terrence Malick

Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is always let it keep rolling.

— Terrence Malick

You can't live in Austin and escape the music.

— 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

“Toscanini once recorded a piece sixty five times. You know what he said when he finished? "It could be better." Think about…

— Terrence Malick

What's this war in the heart of Nature? Why does Nature vie with itself? The Land contend with the Sea? Is there…

— Terrence Malick

I was not a good teacher; I didn't have the sort of edge one should have on the students, so I decided…

— Terrence Malick

I'd always liked movies in a kind of naive way. They seemed no less improbable a career than anything else.

— 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…

— Terrence Malick

“One day, while taking a look at some vistas in Dad's stereopticon, it hit me that I was just this little girl,…

— Terrence Malick

Children's books are full of violence.

— Terrence Malick

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

— Terrence Malick

There are two ways through life: the way of Nature, and the way of Grace. You have to choose which one you'll…

— Terrence Malick

I came to Los Angeles in the fall of 1969 to study at the AFI.

— Terrence Malick

“I will be true to you. Whatever comes.”

— Terrence Malick

“And love is smiling through all things.”

— Terrence Malick

Help each other. Love everyone. Every leaf. Every ray of light. Forgive.

— Terrence Malick

When people express what is most important to them, it often comes out in cliches. That doesn't make them laughable; it's something…

— Terrence Malick

If you want to be a filmmaker, ask yourself if you could imagine doing any other job. If you can, that’s a…

— Terrence Malick

“The nuns taught us there were two ways through life - the way of nature and the way of grace. You have…

— Terrence Malick

I have trouble working off things that are too preconceived, like storyboards.

— Terrence Malick

It was in Austin that I had the idea for 'Days of Heaven.' I found myself alone for a summer in the…

— Terrence Malick

My attitude is always let it keep rolling

— Terrence Malick

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

— Terrence Malick

If you try to make things happen, they start to feel presented. They start to feel premeditated.

— Terrence Malick

Perhaps when I have 10 films behind me, I will have something worth saying.

— Terrence Malick