Have a strong vision about the story you want to tell and how you want to tell it.

If you can do more, you should.

Sometimes the failures can be exciting and fun. It's just a step on the road, it's not the end of something.

'Butch Cassidy' was the only film I ever enjoyed making.

I'm gonna die but I haven't thought about retiring.

I believe in mythology. I guess I share Joseph Campbell's notion that a culture or society without mythology would die, and we're close to that.

When I grew up, shame was used as a tool for check and balance. If you stood a chance of hearing someone say, "Shame on you," or "You should be ashamed of yourself," you thought twice. It doesn't seem to be a factor today.