A man that has never lied to a woman has no respect for her feelings.

When you write the script, you're home in a room by yourself, and you're writing, and there's no connection with the real performing world. So you get a lot of things wrong and make a lot of mistakes and make a lot of bad choices.

Fantasy is only a state of mind that you can employ when existing in a real context.

You know, it's one thing about intellectuals, they prove that you can be absolutely brilliant and have no idea what's going on.

It has become harder and harder in the United States to make films unhampered by outside influences. I've always been able to steer clear of that and keep the business people out of my hair completely.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.

I wish I could think of a positive point to leave you with. Will you take two negative points?