The only pictures worth making are the ones that are playing with fire.
[on pop idol Donny Osmond] He has Van Gogh's ear for music.
The best director is the one you don't see.
If you don't like what you're doing, it's unlikely anyone else will either, so be sure you are happy with your own work first.
If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in the first act.
On Ernst Lubitsch: He could do more with a closed door than other directors could do with an open fly.