I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.

Charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500.

Everybody's a filmmaker today.

I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways.

Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.

I may not be the strongest guy or the most well armed, but you can put me in a room with a pencil and a piece of paper and I can kill anybody.

The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually.

I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden.

Most artists think they're frauds anyway.

I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.

To be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.

I am often impressed with those that admit their ignorance, for it is the first step towards breaking out of the prison called freedom.

Although other animals may be different from us, this does not make them LESS than us

Have an open mind! Have an empty cup!

I've always been very supported. I've never really been sad. I've just been broke. They are very different things.

The received image of a writer is that of an unproductive sensitive who suffers from the vapors, is enslaved by his gonads, falls victim to romantic swoons and passes out at deadlines.

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write.

To begin is no more agony than opening your hand.

Modernity has replaced ethics with legalese, and the law can be gamed with a good lawyer.

I have placed there a little door opening on to the mysterious. I have made stories.

He's a trellis for varicose veins.