You see, I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.

I love films. If I'd known how to get into or do it from the word go, I would have done that.

If I had to give a definition of capitalism I would say: the process whereby American girls turn into American women.

Often I think the novels I read won't make very good movies - I better not say which I'm looking at for potential films! - but it's nice to have an excuse to just sit and read for a whole day.

There was a moment in the early '80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A.

If you take a really good book, then the potential is for a really good film. But you've got to get it right.

You see, I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.