A lifetime isn't long enough to learn how to make films.

I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.

Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.

That's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.

My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.

I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.

I was raised a Catholic and when you're raised a Catholic they don't teach you to think for yourself. You're taught not to think too deeply about things.

As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.

Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.

It's funny, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like it's fast, loose and improvised, and get somebody to laugh.

I direct, and I make movies I can't finance. I can't raise money. I can't sell anything. I make things.

The object is to make beautiful music for people to have forever. Music that stays - not just becomes a ringtone. Longevity.

If you are interested in improving, think of a draw offer as an offer to remain ignorant of what you would have learned in the remainder of the game.

Remember: What dad really wants is a nap. Really.

Your life can only be as free as your perception of it

If I'm not feeling good, I load on jewelry. It gives me energy and makes me feel happy.

You really can't explain how you do the things you do. I can't, anyway. I love certain actors, but sometimes they say the stupidest things about technique. I don't want to say something stupid.

A plea for the spinning wheel is a plea for recognizing the dignity of labour.

Conceit is a sure sign of insecurity; humility denotes awareness.

Earth Mother, you who are called by a thousand names. May all remember we are cells in your body and dance together.

In a film score, the last thing you want to do is take people out of the movie. The music is secondary. In opera, the music is the main event.