Movies Are Not Scripts -

Movies Which Set Out To Be 'commercial' Usually Have An Artificial Look About Them-a Certain Waxlike Quality. They Allow For No Failure, No Moment Of Mistake.

In Life, We All Learn From Everyone.

Some People Are Very Lucky, And Have The Story In Their Heads. I've Never Storyboarded Anything. I Like The Idea Of Chance. What Makes God Laugh Is People Who Make Plans.

When A Book Is Just A Plot, You Know, Two Men Fight For The Love Of A Woman In A Wild Frontier, I Immediately Ask, 'why?'

I Was Very Glad Later When I Was Directing That I Wasn't In The Hands Of A Cinematographer And Hoping That He Would Do It Well. I Would Know What He Was Doing, And We Could Discuss How That Scene Would Look.