Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.

I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest.

The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.

I would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul.

I've come to believe that everything worth achieving is beyond one's capacity - or seems so at first. The thing is to persist, not back off, fight your fight, pay your dues, and carry on. Effort is all; continue and you may get there despite everything.

I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action.

A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.