I have seen lampoons of my work. And I have really enjoyed them. But I would never do another version of The Exorcist.

One of my themes is that there is good and evil in everyone. I was not out to make these guys heroes. I really don't believe in heroes. The best of people have a dark side and it's a constant struggle for the better side to survive and to thrive.

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.

I have seen lampoons of my work. And I have really enjoyed them. But I would never do another version of The Exorcist.

I had absolutely no focus as a kid. I never paid attention at school, I never went to college. Not because we were too poor; we were. But if I wanted to go to college, I would have found a way.

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.

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