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

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.

I'm still learning. It's all a learning curve. Every time you sit down, with any given episode of any given show, it is a learning curve. You're learning something new about how to tell a story. But then, I've felt that way about everything I've ever done - television, features or whatever. Directing or writing, it always feels like the first day of school to me.

The Exorcist' is amazing because it recognizes that silences can be as powerful as sound effects.

To me, length is an artificial and arbitrary factor in a film.

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

The human race is fundamentally insane. If you put two of us into a room together we're soon gonna start figuring out good reasons to kill one another.