I've never laid a cane on the back of a lord before, but if you force me to I shall speedily become used to the practice.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.

You either connect or you don't connect. It's not the end of the world. It's a movie.

You either care or you don’t.

I’ve never been certain whether the moral of the Icarus story should only be, as is generally accepted, ‘don’t try to fly too high,’ or whether it might also be thought of as ‘forget the wax and feathers, and do a better job on the wings.

Everything has already been done. every story has been told every scene has been shot. it’s our job to do it one better.