Death is what makes life an event.

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

I know that if a film is ready to emerge out of what I write, I'll be able to go off and make it without asking anyone's permission.

Today's winemakers still worry about quality.

I believe that filmmaking - as, probably, is everything - is a game you should play with all your cards, and all your dice, and whatever else you've got. So, each time I make a movie, I give it everything I have. I think everyone should, and I think everyone should do everything they do that way.

Listen, if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business, it's that I don't know anything about human nature.

I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it.