I do not over-intellectualise the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.

Morituri non cognant, perhaps. Those who are about to die — just don't know.

Liberation and equal-rights issues notwithstanding, it was a man's job to make a woman feel cherished and respected.

Once you stop believing in Santa Claus, the whole world just goes downhill.

It is a principle of diplomacy that one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly.

Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly.

Bill Clinton is a man who thinks international affairs means dating a girl from out of town.