We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.

My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die.

I pray you indulge me for a space, for I am going to set out on a speech which may have some duration, but whose theme may be gleaned from its opening phrase: how dare you.

The job of the artist, is to say, wait a second, everything that we have thought is wrong. Let's re-examine it.

Always do things the least interesting way, the most blunt way, and you make a better movie. This is my experience.

People ask me, 'What do you do?' And I tell them I'm a writer, but always with the silent reservation, 'I am, of course, not really a writer. Hemingway was a writer.'

There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough.