I think Tom Paine is one of the greatest men that's ever lived.

There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.

I am passionately opposed to capital punishment, and I have been all my life.

What I am sad about is that there is now, in America, no equivalent to the art circuit.

I do care about style. I do care, but I only care about style that serves the subject.

When asked what attribute he most admired in human nature, Mahatma Gandhi replied, simply and immediately, 'Courage'. 'Nonviolence', he said, 'is not to be used ever as the shield of the coward. It is the weapon of the brave.

I want to be remembered as a storyteller.