Neither instinct nor style ..can be bought or taught.

I can pick up a screenplay and flip through the pages. If all I see is dialog, dialog, dialog, I won't even read it. I don't care how good the dialog is - it's a moving picture. It has to move all the time... It's not the stage. A movie audience doesn't have the patience to sit and learn a lesson. Their eyes need to be dazzled. The writer is the most important element in the entire film because if it ain't on the page it ain't going to be on the screen.

It has been said that a friend is somebody with whom it is possible to be silent.

Once a mistake .... Twice ... A failure .

Neither instinct nor style ..can be bought or taught.

Buildings designed with careful attention to aesthetics arouse and enlighten their occupants and that promotes their good health.

I learned at a very early age, the easiest thing in the world is to tell the truth, and then you don't have to remember what you said. It has nothing to do with morality, just remembering what you said.