Wine is so much more than a beverage. It's a romance, a story, a drama-all of those things that are basically putting on a show.

I remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while.

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. But you look at the project and think, 'Gee, there are a lot of good directors who could do that.' I'd like to do something only I can do.

Some critics are stimulating in that they make you realise how you could do better, and those are valued.

When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was famous for-that I had my thesis film be a feature film, which was 'You're a Big Boy Now.'

I live near San Francisco in the most beautiful spot on earth and enjoy myself in many ways. Yes, I love to work, which for now is to think and read and write, so it's all a dream come true.

The very earliest people who made film were magicians.