A lot of people thought of me as a threat to Western civilization.
Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.
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.
No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not.
I hardly said a word to my wife until I said 'yes' to divorce.
Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.