The Screen Is A Magic Medium.

The Essence Of Dramatic Form Is To Let An Idea Come Over People Without It Being Plainly Stated. When You Say Something Directly, It's Simply Not As Potent As It Is When You Allow People To Discover It For Themselves.

If You Can Talk Brilliantly About A Problem

There Are Few Things More Fundamentally Encouraging And Stimulating Than Seeing Someone Else Die.

I'm Happy - At Times - Making Films. I'm Certainly Unhappy Not Making Films.

The Hardest Thing In Making A Movie Is To Keep In The Front Of Your Consciousness Your Original Response To The Material. Because That's Going To Be The Thing That Will Make The Movie. And The Loss Of That Will Break The Movie.