I don't want people to pigeonhole me.

Once a movie goes out into the world, it belongs to anyone who goes to see it.

If you come out of British TV, they're kind of saying, "Here's the keys to the kingdom. You are now going to go off and become a moviemaker. If you do really well, then the world is your oyster.

I wanted to actually make people look at a painting. We don't look at paintings that much. We glance at them.

I seem to have emerged from the relative obscurity of TV.

It's really exciting. It's really exciting when you do a piece of work, and people like it, and it gets noticed.

I collect postage stamps. That's the only thing I can afford to collect! I hope in five years' time to say, "Yes, I specialize in Gustav Dore first editions."

My most famous drama in England is quite controversial. It's something called Men Only, and it's rather a shocking exploration of male sexuality.

You tend to get a script and you push it toward being the kind of film you want to make.

I saw an awful lot of actresses, and some of them, you thought should be hospitalized. [They] should certainly eat a hamburger, for godsake.

You can't always do exactly what you want, and often compromises have to be made.

Spiritual wisdom manifests regardless of the level of education

If it weren't for acid, you might not have an IPod, and you definitely would not have some of the best music in your IPod.

People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.

The thing that I prefer, when I'm working on a book, is to do a seven-day week, because it's easy to lose some of the details of what you're doing along the way.

It means a lot when people understand what I'm going for.

If bribery is good enough for Congress, it's good enough for me.

A good smoker, like a good lover, always takes his time with a cigar.

DeShaies is like a clock out there. Every other pitch goes one way or the other.

Even the best things ill used become evils; and, contrarily, the worst things used well prove good.

As for me and my family, we'll worship God.