Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work.

Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea.

I landed a job with Roger Corman. The job was to write the English dialogue for a Russian science fiction picture. I didn't speak any Russian. He didn't care whether I could understand what they were saying; he wanted me to make up dialogue.

Death is what makes life an event.

Steven Spielberg is unique. I feel that the kinds of movies he loves are the same kinds of movies that the big mass audience loves. He's very fortunate because he can do the things he naturally likes the best, and he's been very successful.

I like simplicity; I don't need luxury.

It was the man's dream, and his inspiring attempt to make them come true that remain important.