A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've admired knew exactly what he wanted to do. They didn't sit there and think about it.
I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways.
A lot of people thought of me as a threat to Western civilization.
Matter of fact, the style that people use today, I invented in a way.
I'm the barbarian of Hollywood.
Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director.