I was a smart kid and I was not understood by my parents.

If I could just hope to have a major talent, then I would rather have it in music than in any other field.

I don't know what the hell I'm doing here. I'm 237 years old, I should be collecting social security.

Relationships are really what interest me the most. And I think, in the end, they interest most people the most. Even when you read Tolstoy or something, basically they're about man and woman relationships.

Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.

I think I've gotten technically better over the years but you'd have to be a fool not to. I've made so many movies that by sheer quantity you get better at the technique.

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