If God exists, I hope he has a good excuse.

Life is a tragedy filled with suffering and despair and yet some people do manage to avoid jury duty.

By now they had mastered my own language, but they still made simple mistakes, like using 'hermeneutics,' when they meant 'heuristic'.

I have a number of symptoms that are neurotic and are constricting in the sense that if I had a brilliant idea for a film that had to be shot in Tulsa, OK I would tear it up and throw it away. Anything outside of New York, 'cause I can't exist in a hotel outside of my own home, I have to be in my own home and my own environment. This is a neurotic symptom that is constricting to my work even.

There is no question that there is an unseen world. The problem is, how far is it from midtown and how late is it open?

It's hard for me to know. I'll think, 'I really brought off my ideas, it's great,' and no one sparks to it

When you start putting a higher value on works of art than people, you’re forfeiting your humanity.