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 became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.

Collaboration is like the sex of creativity.

A director is the ringmaster of a circus that's inventing itself.

Movies are the art form most like man's imagination.

When newspapers started to publish the box office scores of movies, I was horrified. Those results are totally fake because they never include the promotion budget.

My family were symphonic musicians and in the opera. Also, it was my era, the love of radio. We used to listen to the radio at night, close our eyes and see movies far more beautiful than you can photograph.