The studios mostly threw away the negatives of the classic films. They had no interest in their legacy.

All the great countries are at odds with one another over something, and yet if they don't cooperate they're going to blow up.

To me, the art of movies is to take a two-dimensional image and give the illusion of depth.

Violence is not funny.

Sure, you could go out and make Jaws today. But all of the sequels to Jaws weren't good. They are all worthless. The Godfather II is the only sequel that I have ever seen that is as good as or better than the original.

The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you.

There is a thin line between the policeman and the criminal. The best cops are always crossed. The best cops are the ones who are able to think like criminals. But for a quirk of fate, they might have been criminals.