I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini.

Time is the lens through which dreams are captured.

There can't be art without risk. It's like saying No Sex, and then expecting there to be children.

Art depends on luck and talent.

If the movie works, nobody notices the mistakes... If the movie doesn't work, the only thing people notice are mistakes.

When that happens - when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute - very often what you get it something with those qualities that make it age well with the public.

When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very frightened for their children, so you tended to be isolated. I was paralyzed for a while, so I watched television.