Obama is a tyrant the same way FDR was a tyrant. He has a view of presidential power that states: the government is in control of the country, and the president is in charge of the government. He's taken an imperial view of the presidency.

Conservatives believe in smaller government and in the power of the electorate. So I think that we're less likely to try to use a dramatic forum to warp people's political views.

Let the cut tell the story. Otherwise you have not got dramatic action, you've got narration.

The purpose of technique is to free the unconscious. If you follow the rules ploddingly, they will allow your unconscious to be free.

The Israelis would like to live in peace within their borders; the Arabs would like to kill them all.

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

I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly.