I hate the computer. I hate their spell-check. I won't ever do e-mail.

I go out there. I'm out there every day. [Pause] There is nothing out there.

Film is a collaborative business: bend over.

Don't write stage directions. If it is not apparent what the character is trying to accomplish by saying the line, tell us how the character said it or whether or not she moved to the couch isn't going to aid the case.

Having spent too many years in show business, the one thing I see that succeeds is persistence. It's the person who just ain't gonna go home. I decided early on that I wasn't going to go home. This is what I'll be doing until they put me in jail or in a coffin.

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.

The work of the director is the work of constructing the shot list from the script.