You don't work on something for six years and be blind to the myriad of other approaches.

You don't work on something for six years and be blind to the myriad of other approaches.

There is no communication in this world except between equals.

I don't think that there has been a film that I've done that hasn't been influenced by libraries and archives.

When you are editing, the final master is Aristotle and his poetics. You might have a terrific episode, but if people are falling out because there are just too many elements in it, you have to begin to get rid of things.

There are no ordinary lives.

Write: write letters. Keep journals. Besides your children, there is no surer way of achieving immortality.