A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should.

The Exorcist' is amazing because it recognizes that silences can be as powerful as sound effects.

If you're going to succeed, you've got to be like one of those punch-drunk fighters in the old Warner Bros. boxing pictures: too stupid to fall down, you just keep slugging and stay on your feet.

Visual storytelling of one kind or another has been around since cavemen were drawing on the walls.

I think a story should take as long to tell as it is appropriate to that particular story.

Some of us have great original ideas and some of us depend on adaptations.

To me, length is an artificial and arbitrary factor in a film.

Boy, I'd hate to shoot on tape or disc or whatever the hell they're talking about. I love film.

The amazing thing about any movie is not whether it's good, but that it got made at all.

I just tell you what a pleasure it is to get back to the kind of filmmaking I used to be allowed to do.

I'd like to think that my films are personal enough to exist without hearkening back to their respective novels.

Can it be true that freedom only exists when it is a treasure, shared by all?

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

Desire of power, on earth a vicious weed, Yet, sprung from high, is of celestial seed: In God 'tisglory; and when men aspire, 'Tis but a spark too much of heavenly fire.

Some jobs required a certain level of detachment; a turning off of emotions in order to do the things that needed to be done.

Perhaps my number one rule is: Don't try to make a profit on a bad trade, just try to find the best place to get out.

Your capacity to grow determines your capacity to lead.

We are trying to get a border wall to protect millions of low income Americans against folks who aren't supposed to be here. So, it's a national security.

I was in my mid 20s when email finally took off. Until then, the phone was my primary way of connecting with the people in my life.

You liberals are going to have to understand something: I'm not the one that wants to put limits on anybody. You people are.

What’s really important is storytelling. None of it matters if it doesn’t support the story.