I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school.

Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work.

Cinema without risk is like having no sex and expecting to have a baby.

Today's winemakers still worry about quality.

I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have been very fortunate. I failed upward in my life!

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.

The things you get fired for when you’re young are the same things that you get lifetime achievement awards for when you’re old.