Have you ever had a single moment's thought about my responsibilities?

A satirist is someone who has a very skeptical view of human nature, but who still has the optimism to make some sort of a joke out of it. However brutal that joke might be.

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

The director's job is to know what emotional statement he wants a character to convey in his scene or his line, and to exercise taste and judgment in helping the actor give his best possible performance.

The feel of the experience is the important thing, not the ability to verbalize or analyze it.

The truth of a thing is in the feel of it, not in the think of it.

Be suspicious of people who have, or crave, power. Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.