The amazing thing about any movie is not whether it's good, but that it got made at all.

Boy, I'd hate to shoot on tape or disc or whatever the hell they're talking about. I love film.

I'd like to think that my films are personal enough to exist without hearkening back to their respective novels.

I think a story should take as long to tell as it is appropriate to that particular story.

I think once you've finished a movie you really have to detach from it so that you can come back and watch it as an audience member.

A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should.

I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire.