Your Own Ego Is The Only Trap

I Am Not An Expert. That Is Someone Else's Job. If I Were Expert, The Approach Would Be All Wrong. It Would Be From The Inside. I Am A Blunderer. I Usually Don't Know What I Am Going Into At The Start. I Go Into The Fog And Trust Something Will Be There.

I Was A Heavy Drinker, But The Alcohol Affected My Heart Rather Than My Liver. So I Stopped. I Smoke Grass Now. I Say That To Everybody, Because Marijuana Should Be Legalized. It's Ridiculous That It Isn't. If At The End Of The Day I Feel Like Smoking A Joint I Do It. It Changes The Perception Of What I've Been Through All Day.

I'll Give You The Same Advice I Give My Children: Never Take Advice From Anybody.

I Don't Think Screenplay Writing Is The Same As Writing - I Mean, I Think It's Blueprinting.

You Will Never See'altman's Great Film Of The Seventies: The Director's Cut' Because You Have Never Seen A Film Of Mine That Wasn't The Director's Cut. I Have Never Permitted It.