The Best Pictures Are Yet To Be

My Advice To Young Filmmakers Is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them!

Film Is A Disease. When It Infects Your Bloodstream, It Takes Over As The Number One Hormone; It Bosses The Enzymes; Directs The Pineal Gland; Plays Iago To Your Psyche. As With Heroin, The Antidote To Film Is More Film.

Any Kind Of Dictatorship, I'm Uneasy. I Just Don't Like Dictators. I Don't Like Crowds. I Don't Like Hordes, And I Don't Like Other People Telling Me What To Do. This Is Probably A Reaction Against People Telling Me What To Do When I Was A Kid. I Won't Join Any Group, Espouse A Cause Against Some Other People.

When You Get To Political Machines That Can Control A State, Then You're Really Into Organized Crime - Almost. You're Fighting A Political Mafia.

Scriptwriting Is The Toughest Part Of The Whole Racket... The Least Understood And The Least Noticed