Like, I took no poetic license with 'Schindler's List' because that was historical, factual documents.

I made 'Saving Private Ryan' for my father. He's the one who filled my head with war stories when I was growing up.

Even if I'd had a really happy relationship with my father and there was no emotional hiatus for a decade and a half, I probably would still have made some of the same choices for movies that I've made.

Making a movie is like a stagecoach ride through the Old West: at first you wish for a pleasant trip, and after a while you just hope you reach your destination.

I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened.

We all feel that if we have a crazy idea that might get laughed at, there's nothing wrong with seeing if there's a crazy writer out there who agrees with us and can take it to a crazy network and somehow bring something that's a little bit daft and edgy to life.

I simply adore 'The Simpsons.' I go to bed in a 'Simpsons' T-shirt.