Luck, if there is such a thing, is either going to favor everyone equally or going to exhibit a preference for the prepared.

In a restaurant one is both observed and unobserved. Joy and sorrow can be displayed and observed "unwittingly," the writer scowling naively and the diners wondering, What the hell is he doing?

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.

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

When I started out I was a failed actor.

The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same).

In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.