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

We cannot fail to win unless we fail to try.

There is an old saying: In history nothing is true but the names and dates. In fiction everything is true but the names and dates. The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense.

The tactics...no, amateurs discuss tactics,.... Professional soldiers study logistics.

Probably what pushed the Russians over the edge was SDI... They realized they couldn't beat us...

The only person who has artistic control is the director, and 'director' is how you spell God in Hollywood.

I'd rather talk to people who do things than complain about other people who do things. I say they're idiots.