If my films make one more person miserable, I'll feel I have done my job.

If you are not failing now and again, its a sign you are not doing anything very innovative

Where I grew up in Brooklyn, nobody committed suicide. Everyone was too unhappy.

Death is an acquired trait.

I like broad comedy. If I had an idea tomorrow for a film that was all slapstick and broad comedy, and it was an idea that interested me, I would not hesitate to do it because I enjoy watching these kinds of film.

If 90% of success in life is showing up, the other 10% depends on what you're showing up for.

I can't imagine any director directing a screenplay of mine, because the great directors all have very personal styles, and the ones that don't are not very interesting directors.