Cinema without risk is like having no sex and expecting to have a baby.

The time a movie is made is unique, not only from the talent that is available but if the public was ready for it.

I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an early exposure to literature, and and theater. My father sometimes would work in musical comedies.

I realized I probably wouldn't make another film that cuts through commercial and creative things like 'Godfather' or 'Apocalypse.'

I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book.

Movies are the art form most like man's imagination.

I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.