Real talent is a mystery, and people who've got it, know it.

Don't let a kick in the ass stop you. It's how you cope that says what you are.

You learn out of bitter experience, trial and error. Life teaches you that. As sincere as you all are, you can't learn it all in school.

Give me a good script, and I'll be a hundred times better as a director.

Unless the story line carries the scenes, the scenes don't really mean anything.

Looking for love is tricky business, like whipping a carousel horse.

I know people who say Hollywood broke her heart, and all that, but I dont believe it. She was very observant and tough minded and appealing, but she adored and trusted the wrong people. She was very courageous-you know the book Twelve Against the Gods? Marilyn was like that, she had to challenge the gods at every turn.