Some very famous directors have started in the mail room, which is just getting inside the studio, getting to know people, getting to know the routine.

Making a movie is casting a spell.

I've never made a film using dialogue or speech.

I prefer to think of film making - you know, um, the sweat is supposed to be invisible. But a lot of sweat can go into making a film. But of course, if you enjoy doing it, you enjoy doing it.

Lucifer is the patron saint of the visual arts. Color, form - all these are the work of Lucifer.

I try to remember dreams, and occasionally I'll make a note or two in a notebook if it's something extra interesting. They do mean quite a lot to me, and they don't happen all that often. In other words, I don't have some kind of loud, Technicolor dream every night. But a few times a month, I'll have a rather interesting dream. They're mostly visual - oddly enough, I don't have much dialogue in my dreams. They just don't speak.

This flick is all I have to say about being 17, the United States Navy, Christmas and the Fourth of July.