Anything worth knowing cannot be understood by the human mind.

When I was young, I wanted to be a dramatic writer, a writer of tragedy. Nothing would've pleased me more than if I could have written like Eugene O'Neil or Tennessee Williams.

Usually, you hire people that you think are wonderful.

How wrong Emily Dickinson was! Hope is not "the thing with feathers." The thing with feathers has turned out to be my nephew. I must take him to a specialist in Zurich.

Money is not everything, but it is better than having one's health.

I've always been lucky in casting. The trick in casting is to hire great people, and let them do what they do, don't interfere with them too much. And then when they're great, take credit for it in the end.

I consider myself a completely lucky filmmaker. I've had nothing but good luck. Everything I've needed has come my way.