[Screenwriting] is no more complicated than old French torture chambers, I think. It's about as simple as that.

Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we're making a movie!

Once you read the script, it's the only way it can be.

You become so obsessed, and that's not a bad thing for a movie. Serve it with that sense that it's the whole world.

I always believe you can't kill good movies, because somebody's in some room and will die unless it gets made.

Dagwood Bumstead was a great unrecognized hero of American literature. He showed up every day, he got knocked down every day, he never got to eat his sandwich every day, the dog jumped on him every day, his wife was giving him a hard time and he showed up every day.

A lot of things just aren't true any more.