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.

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

Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.

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

I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.

The filmmakers always have a great level of control.