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

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

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

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.

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

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

I am fascinated with times past.