There's a difference between a Nazi and a German.

I hate violence. That has never prevented me from using it in my films.

We don't murder, we kill.... You don't murder animals, you kill them.

I don't care if it's a mystery story, a Western, or the story of Julius Caesar. To me it's the emotion, the lies, the double-cross, whether it's Brutus doing it to Caesar or Bob Stack doing it to Robert Ryan that defines what kind of drama it is.

Extending the language of film sometimes starts with just trying to show one true thing.

If a story doesn't give you a hard-on in the first couple of scenes, throw it in the goddamned garbage.

There's a difference between a Nazi and a German.