I don't want to live forever through my work. I want to live forever by not dying.

I can make films. And some of them come out good, and some of them come out better, and some of them come out worse. But I've been very lucky over the years to be able to sustain the length of career that I've had.

The wicked at heart probably know something.

Usually, you hire people that you think are wonderful.

I can't with any conscience argue for New York with anyone. It's like Calcutta. But I love the city in an emotional, irrational way, like loving your mother or your father even though they're a drunk or a thief. I've loved the city my whole life - to me, it's like a great woman.

I don't know what I want, but I know what I don't want

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