Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.

These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.

Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one.

To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.

The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say.

This weapon [an ax] is primitive but effective. And it's also guaranteed to be fifty-percent painless. You see, it takes two people to operate, and the person at this end [the handle] doesn't feel a thing.