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

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.

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

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

One of my favorite movies of all time is 'It's A Wonderful Life', which is a pretty interesting choice for a seasonal Christmas favorite, because it's about a guy who wants to commit suicide and is presented with reasons not to.

The only person who can, with impunity, make the movie he wants to make, has got to be Steven Spielberg.

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