It's easier to direct. If you direct something poorly and re-shoot it the next day, stage it better, make it work better, you have a lot of possibilities. You can edit it in certain ways so that it works, but there's no getting around weaknesses of the script.

For some reason I've always had an irrational love for New York. There's no reason that you would necessarily like it on paper. It's very expensive.

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.

Life is full of moments that are good - winning a lottery, seeing a beautiful woman, a great dinner - but the whole thing is tragic. It's an oasis that is very pleasant.

The prison psychiatrist asked me if I thought sex was dirty. I told him only when it's done right.

Psychoanalyses is like music lessons, for 5 years you do not notice any progress and suddenly you can play the piano.

I can't do anything to death, doctor's orders.