Movies are fun, but they're not a cure for cancer.

Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the interests of the people who are not rich.

It makes you feel good when a movie works. Usually when I see an old movie I've made, I say to myself, 'Oh God, why did I do this?' and 'Why didn't I change that?' and things like that.

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

I don't think you should talk while the movie was going on and say, 'Oh, look at that - look how smart I was' or 'What a brilliant shot that is!' I don't believe in that.

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

Just because you need a quart of milk doesn't mean you have to go out and buy a whole cow.