I grew up with two sisters, no brothers. There was Ronny who produced "Happy Days" for me and my sister Penny who acts, directs - she does everything. So they were very strong women in my life.

It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.

Learn to work with people you wouldn't go to lunch with.

If you’ve got the comedy eye, you can look at any situation and see the humor in it while others don’t.

I am a total believer of making the process a good time - make it memorable, have some fun, try to shoot high in your quality and then dont get crazy, see what happens.

Never underestimate the power of your sister.

There's no better satisfaction than writing. I feel that writing is the best and everything else comes with it

You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.

Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing

I think a lot of creative people have no sense of numbers and economics.

I'm too old to be forced.

Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.

My son, there may be a time when I explain these things to you, because there may be a time when I understand them.

I begin with human psychology and then see what we can say about ethics.

All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.

I can neither return your love nor dismiss it.

I was in jail four and a half years. When I came out, I continued the same struggle against injustice, but instead of using weapons, I began to use art and cinema.

Our success depends very largely upon how well we negotiate our way through our daily contacts with other people without friction or opposition.

I wish you all the pleasurable excitement one can have without hurting others and one's own dignity.

This fair but pitiless city of Manhattan was without a soul ... its inhabitants were manikins moved by wires and springs.

She was a fool and he knew it and because he loved her it had made no difference.