David Lean Quotes

Don’t make jokes about food.

– David Lean

I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.

– David Lean

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

– David Lean

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

– David Lean

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.

– David Lean

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

– David Lean