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

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.

I don't believe that Citizen Kane or Gone With the Wind, or any damn picture that you can name, would be better off in 3D. I think it's a gimmick. I find 3D distracting.

Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest - I will say the greatest

Directing is a nice job. It's the best job for me. If i had to pay money to do it, I would do itIt's problematical. It's disapointing often. It's very challenging. It's frustrating as hell. It's extremely demanding and totally satisfying work. And if I wasn't doing this, I would have to do legitimate work for a living. There are guys out there really working for a living, cleaning streets or coal mining, teaching. Directing is playing. Acting.

And it was only a week later that I realized a close up of Steve McQueen was worth the greatest landscape you could find.

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.