I worry a lot about taking care of my dependents, all those perfectly ordinary middle-class preoccupations.

I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.

One shouldn't ever be conscious of the author as lecturer. When social or moral points are too heavily stressed, I always get uncomfortable.

If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.

I love informality. I hate dressing up. I hate to be conventional - and I hate every kind of snob.

The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.

I don't want to forgive myself. That's why I hate psychoanalysis I think if you're guilty of something you should live with it. Get rid of it - how can you get rid of a real guilt? I think people should live with it, face up to it.