"Based on a true story" is a come-on, the aesthetic equivalent of "no loan request refused." For, at best, the creator has fashioned a film based on his understanding of, interpretation of, and reduction of the report of an actual occurrence.

Worry is interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due.

I love Superman. I'm a big fan of anyone who can make his living in his underwear.

Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"

Get into the scene late; get out of the scene early.

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

Movies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and it's still evolving in different ways.