I just wanted to make sure that what I write is what appears on screen, to not have some idiot change it on its way to the screen.

I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer.

That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places.

Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit.

The studios have been taken over by marketing people and accountants.

Let's make Joe Lieberman accountable for his rhetoric. Not a penny more until he 'clarifies' his position to the satisfaction of our creative freedom.

Politics has become entertainment.

I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness.

My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.

I have my own religious bond with the God in my own head.

The appreciation of your success will only come with your perseverance.

To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we know it.

As a business owner or manager, you know that hiring the wrong person is the most costly mistake you can make.

I think pop music has done more for oral intercourse than anything else that has ever happened, and vice versa.

Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.

Democracy was being saved from Communism by getting rid of democracy.

I couldn't have thrown that bomb. I was at home making bombs

I am partly not conscious of structure with my movies, but this is when I am writing. I leave my mind very free, and then I correct it after.

All the ills from which America suffers can be traced back to the teaching of evolution. It would be better to destroy every other book ever written, and save just the first three verses of Genesis.