Without English art, I never would have understood myself, my own family, or the New England world I lived in.

When I'm shooting, as much as writing, I see edited footage in my mind, so I work that way, and it's economical.

Wisdom is not having illusions, especially anything in your own mind that elevates you above others.

Look at what people are trying to conceal, and you’ll see that they’re revealing everything.

Some reviewer might be out there saying, obviously Edge of Darkness didn't come off because of the script, blah blah blah, but everybody has read the script, except the journalist attacking it.

I've always been a bit repelled by "Sunset Boulevard", which is wrong about almost everything it touches, whether it's fame, Hollywood, screenwriters, or old ladies. Sunset Boulevard would only make sense to me if it was about John Gilbert and the pool boy.

I never work until I have a deadline. You have to fit so much in a given day that you just don't get serious until you know when the deadline is.