I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.

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.

I hardly said a word to my wife until I said 'yes' to divorce.

A lot of people thought of me as a threat to Western civilization.

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.

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