It's only words... unless they're true.

Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah.

The great movie can be as free of being a record of the progress of the protagonist as is a dream.

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

Every fear hides a wish.

Do not internalize the industrial model. You are not one of the myriad interchangeable pieces, but a unique human being, and if you've got something to say, say it, and think well of yourself while you're learning to say it better.

It is the writer’s job to make the play interesting. It is the actor’s job to make the performance truthful.