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

In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.

Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea.

Although knowledge of structure is helpful, real creativity comes from leaps of faith in which you jump to something illogical. But those leaps form the memorable moments in movies and plays.

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

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.

Ten Days That Shook The World, by Eisenstein, I went to see it, and I was so impressed with this film, so impressed with what cinema could do.