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

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

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.

I just tell you what a pleasure it is to get back to the kind of filmmaking I used to be allowed to do.

Some of us have great original ideas and some of us depend on adaptations.

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