I never start editing a film until it's completely shot; I don't edit along the way, ever. When it's finished I come in here [screening room] and we start with reel one, scene one and start editing shot by shot by shot until we're finished.

When a doctor makes a mistake, it's best to bury the subject.

I don't want to be immortal through my works. I want to be immortal by not dying.

I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.

I've never been an intellectual but I have this look.

If you're not failing, you're not trying anything.

I can't express anger. I grow a tumor instead.