I was lost, and that war [in Vietnam] was very alienating - not that I was against it or for it, but I was just lost after that war. As were many Americans.

One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that.

Anybody who's been through a divorce will tell you that at one point. they've thought murder. The line between thinking murder and doing murder isn't that major.

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.

When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.

Hell is the impossibility of reason.

If you make the movie from your heart and it stands over time, that's what matters to me.

I'm a dramatist. Dramatists have a right to look at history and interpret it the way they see it.

Every day that you get up, it's some kind of victory if you're making a good product, or working on a project that can only help mankind.

I think our life is a series of adventures.

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works.

Oh, you're a picky sort, huh?" He laughed. "That takes balls, being choosy at a time like this.

I think love is one of the most elusive things in the world. I don't know that there's a perfect formula for it and that's what makes the stories interesting.

"Lord bless you!" said Mr. Omer, resuming his pipe, "a man must take the fat with the lean; that's what he must make up his mind to, in this life. "

The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.

ObamaCare is to health care as a fart is to an elevator.

Possibly the words materialism and spirituality express two sides of one and the same fact.

I've done a number of films that no one has ever seen, and that's probably a good thing.

I think rap definitely has its place in the art world. I think it is an art form. But, just like any art form, you can misuse it.

Every thought you have affects everything in your body.