I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.

To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but it is bitter and unforgettable.

The physical life of the scene is determined by whether the set squeezes people together or whether the set has an escape place in it.

I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.

I may be getting old, but not foolish.

Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer.

I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.