The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

People don't always express their inner thoughts to one another; a conversation may be quite trivial, but often the eyes will reveal what a person really thinks or feels.

Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.

San Francisco would be a good location for a murder mystery.

Making a film means, first of all, to tell a story. That story can be an improbable one, but it should never be banal. It must be dramatic and human. What is drama, after all, but life with the dull bits cut out?

Actually, I have no regard for money. Aside from its purchasing power, it's completely useless as far as I'm concerned.