Quotes by David Lean

• I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures.
• I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.
• 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.
• I've just begun to dare to think I perhaps am a bit of an artist.
• Don't make jokes about food.
• I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.