No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not.

The filmmakers always have a great level of control.

To be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.

No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not.

You know, I find it very strange when movies that I made that were just excoriated - I mean that I was just vilified for - are now looked at as classics.

Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.

Charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500.