Every child is different. Every child responds in a different way.

I have great appreciation for people who do anything well. I think that it's very difficult to do what you do well.

I've never been to Harvard, I've never been to college, so I don't know what dorm life is like.

The thing I always say to any writer that I'm working with is: Just make sure that in any argument, EVERYONE is right. I want every single person arguing a righteous side of the argument. That makes interesting drama.

A movie is made for an audience and a film is made for both the audience and the film-makers.

Filmmaking isn’t if you can just strap on a camera onto an actor, and steadicam, and point it at their face, and follow them through the movie, that is not what moviemaking is, that is not what it’s about. It’s not just about getting a performance. It’s also about the psychology of the cinematic moment, and the psychology of the presentation of that, of that window.

I don't know how much movies should entertain. To me I'm always interested in movies that scar. The thing I love about JAWS is that I've never gone swimming in the ocean again.