You have to really know what you're saying.

People always like stories about the little guy fighting the big guy.

I quit flying years ago. I don't want to die with tourists.

If someone is talking to you and tells you that you ought to do something, and you can tell they mean it, those are the scary people. Those are the people you want to watch out for.

People think you have to be tortured or miserable to write, but I'm finding that I get inspired a lot more these days before I'm happy.

After you've done 60-something movies, you're always looking for something different.

We didn't have a movie theatre until I was about nine, so I just didn't see them. But, once I got into movies I loved them.