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

I may not be the strongest guy or the most well armed, but you can put me in a room with a pencil and a piece of paper and I can kill anybody.

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.

I'm the barbarian of Hollywood.

I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden.

I was never conscious of my screenplays having any acts. It's all bullshit.

I've always had trouble with authority.