Whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes successful in show business.

I'm very proud of my flops, as much as of my successes.

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

Roger Corman exploited all of the young people who worked for him, but he really gave you responsibility and opportunity. So it was kind of a fair deal.

Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most.

If you're not allowed to experiment anymore for fear of being considered self-indulgent or pretentious or what have you, then everyone's going to just stick to the rules - there's not going to be any additional ideas.

When a movie is about to come out on its initial debut, there are a lot of people involved - the financiers, the studio and the producers and also, many times, the foreign distributors. So it is a time of tremendous pressure and uncertainty.