I had to go off the circuit twice to avoid him. I don't know what Rene Arnoux is doing in Formula One racing. He should be on the beach.

When those who name dead people have gone, there just remains the calmness of foreign cemeteries, in which nothing appears familiar and nothing frightens you.

Everyone lies. Or they have amnesia.

John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays in Philadelphia, for free. It's been playing there for 25 years.

There is a general knowledge that I am multi-dimensional, that when you are creative you do a lot of things.

I find that the great majority of public servants across the entire political spectrum come because they believe in the United States and they want to change the world.

As a director, I only know how to do it one way, is to pour my heart and soul into everything.

The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.

For many of us who were born and raised in this country, including me, it's sometimes easy to forget how special America really is.

When I wake you're never there, but when I sleep you're everywhere.

I was fine with that. The very idea of Death knowing my name made my skin crawl. Even if this particular Death was only one of many, and almost too pretty to look at.