What's happening now is what happened before, and often what's going to happen again sometime or other

Almost all serious stories in the world are stories of failure with a death in it. But there is more lost paradise in them than defeat.

Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else.

I'd make my promises now if I wasn't so busy arranging to keep them.

When people accept breaking the law as normal, something happens to the whole society.

Film is like a colony and there are very few colonists.

As a producer, sitting on the other side of the desk, I have never once had an agent go out on a limb for his client and fight for him. I've never heard one say, 'No, just a minute! This is the actor you should use.' They will always say, 'You don't like him? I've got somebody else.' They're totally spineless.