I think that the reason that people are so up in arms about movies that have historical inaccuracies is because now that we've trashed our education institutions beyond repair, people fear that the only people are getting their histories is through the movies, so the elephant in the room is that no one wants to talk about why we're so passionately obsessed with accuracy.

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.

The naive thing I suppose is simply that we thought, in the words of Francis Fukuyama, that we had reached the end of history and we were entering a brave new world minus the Soviet Union where everything was going to be peaches and cream.

Art doesn't just happen by accident. It is about pulling out new tricks and trying new things.

I never gave my career much strategic thought. Maybe I should have.

There are moments in one's life where you look back and you say, 'Well, I wish I had done this differently.

Sure you can; the only question is whether you do it well.