I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the history of show business.

It's show business. No show, no business.

I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in.

I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they have a line.

It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim.

And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.

I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.

People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity.

Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated form. It disciplines you to cut away extraneous information.

I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.

Henry Luce to his Time magazine writers: "Tell the history of our time through the people who make it.

Every part of me is attuned to the work. I soak it up to my pores during the day, and at night - in the moments before I pass off into sleep - ideas explode into my head like fireworks.

Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends.

We should find out as much as possible about someone before coming into conflict with him.

There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere... There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid toward your goals.

But now, with the last two years of touring and being on the road, I've learned that a live show should never sound like a record; a record should sound like a live show.

In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken..."

At last you kissed me, I could die in waves again, and one good lick of quicksand took.

Parvesh Cheena is a real treat for the ladies.

I am not someone who believes to doing a film just because it is off beat.