Movies without meaningful dialogue play well all over the world. The Apostle is probably the best movie of the year, but it won't do squat in Korea.

Sometimes other people have better ideas.

I couldn't sit down and write a novel or a short story - even now - because of my dyslexia. But I learned narration through movies.

Style and taste do not have anything to do with the other. It's the difference between wit and humor.

Style is the most ephemeral thing I know. It's not about how effective you are it's about how you are effective.

The greatest style is when you can't see the style though you walk away knowing it was there. It's like a perfume - there but not there.

There was a kind of cultural life in New York that wasn't as solidified as it is now, it wasn't as money-driven. If you look at the size of the successful art galleries compared to the size of galleries now - there was no such thing as the Gagosian Gallery or Pace Gallery. But it was a time when magazines were a vital part of American life, and Esquire gave me a free pass to every world - I could get to the art world, the theater world, the movie world. It allowed you to roam through the cultural life of New York City.