Even Though My Father Was

It's Better To Be Known By Six People For Something You're Proud Of Than To Be Known By Sixty Million For Something You're Not.

In The Course Of My Movies, The Financing And The Releasing Were Always The Tough Part. Because I Loved The Creative, I Loved The Writing, I Loved The Making Of It. Because I Guess, I Never Had The Giant Blockbuster, I Never Got That Sort Of Ease For The Next One. So The Next One Was Always, "how Am I Going To Do This?" And That Thing Was Sort Of Always The Thing That Made Me A Little Chickenshit To Go Into The Next One. The Writing Of It Was Great And The Making Of It Was Great, But How Am I Going To Release This Thing And Am I Going To Find A Studio?

Movies Are An Expensive Business.

Being A Screenwriter In Hollywood Is Like Being A Eunuch At An Orgy. Worse, Actually, At Least The Eunuch Is Allowed To Watch.

One Of The Things I Like About A Character: I Always Think It's Fascinating When A Character Can Turn On A Dime And Go From One Emotion To Another. I Like Watching That.