And then the conditions of safety - or lack of safety - for teachers in public schools, and the disparity between public schools and private schools is shameful.

Women are a problem, but if you haven't already guessed, they are the kind of problem I enjoy wrestling with.

When you mutilate movies for mass media, you tamper with the hearts and minds of America.

I don't think there's anything to be admired in lying, cheating or philandering. But there might be something to be admired in not burning people at the stake because they have those weaknesses.

You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.

I believe that DVD is that which gives some hope to retaining some content in movies that will appeal to an older audience or the more sophisticated audience or the audience that doesn't need or desire to see a movie on a Friday night.

I have a day job. I can make movies when I want to.