I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life.

To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.

Of course, I'm no dummy.

Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.

There’s a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.

We’re all children of Kubrick, aren’t we? Is there anything you can do that he hasn’t done?

If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you? For you'd be the first person in the history of the world.