When I was 13, I worked for Western Union. When the telegrams came in, I would glue them on the paper and deliver them on my bicycle.

There can't be art without risk. It's like saying No Sex, and then expecting there to be children.

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.

They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family.

I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.

I had a heartbreaking experience when I was 9. I always wanted to be a guard. The most wonderful girl in the world was a guard. When I got polio and then went back to school, they made me a guard. A teacher took away my guard button.

Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker.