You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost.

It was the man's dream, and his inspiring attempt to make them come true that remain important.

My talent is that I just try and try and try and try again and little by little it comes to something.

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

I still think Ned Beatty should've played Don Corleone.

The essence of cinema is editing.

I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.