Star Wars is one of a handful of films that changed the zeitgeist forever.

The thing that interests me is the good and evil in everybody. I don't have conventional heroes in the films that I directed, because I believe there's good and evil in everybody.

I'm not a fan of Star Wars. That is not for me. That is for my nephews and nieces. I don't get it.

The art of movies is to allow the audience to suspend their disbelief. They need to use their imaginations.

I have to see the whole scene in my head before I go out and do it. Which I do. I will envision the entire scene before I shoot it.

With The Exorcist we said what we wanted to say. Neither one of us view it as a horror film. We view it as a film about the mysteries of faith. It's easier for people to call it a horror film. Or a great horror film. Or the greatest horror film ever made. Whenever I see that, I feel a great distance from it.

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.