On Ernst Lubitsch: He could do more with a closed door than other directors could do with an open fly.

A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.

An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation.

Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.

I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood.

I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.

If there's anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously.