I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the scientists. I wanted to be a scientist or an inventor.

When I do a novel, I don't really use the script, I use the book; when I did Apocalypse Now, I used Heart of Darkness. Novels usually have so much rich material.

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.

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 was a pretty shy, lonely kid. I blossomed about age 17, when I went to college.

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.

So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less.