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.

I got my head bashed in at a demonstration against the Vietnam War. Police were losing control because they were up against a world they really didn't understand.

Every few years when it's been another five years that have passed and I haven't made a film and the depression starts taking over totally, I allow myself to do a commercial. And then I feel really dirty and get to work promptly.

Once the voices are in your head, it's either make a movie or kill a lot of people.

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

Invariably, what I'm trying to do is more ambitious than the budget, but we manage to do it somehow.

I'm overwhelmed by writers. Most people aren't impressed by writers, but if you can draw a cartoon or a picture, they think you're magic.