Because I dislike being quoted I lie almost constantly when talking about my work.

The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule the world!

There are moments when television systems are young and haven't formed properly, and there's room for lots of original stuff. Then things become more and more top-heavy with executives who are trying to guarantee the success of things.

It's hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I'm not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven't been sympathetic to mine.

I don't think you ever learn just one thing. At some point you start unlearning things. I have been working hard to unlearn everything I know.

Now, anybody can make a movie, and I don't see that many great movies, because I think there's only a limited amount of talent out there.

The more money you have to work with, the more people you have to deal with that you probably don't want to be spending time dealing with.