It doesn't matter how complex your plot or your characters are; you have to be able to express the big idea of a film in a sentence or two.

If a good actor wants a role, they'll do whatever it takes to get the part. Directors are the same. We do 'meetings', not auditions: that tells you a whole lot more about an actor, too.

She would be half a planet away, floating in a turquoise sea, dancing by moonlight to flamenco guitar.

The major barrier to understanding is wishful thinking and following that which pleases one.

You know who must be very secure in their masculinity? Male ladybugs.

It's as if inside the White House the belief in Obama's inspirational charisma is still such that every time the ugliness of brute politics intrudes, it's a startling revelation.

You've got to listen to your body, notice some trends in yourself and do the best you can to be ready when a finish line approaches.

You and Teacher,” said Molly. “Yes,” said Peter. “She’s very clever. You’ll like her.” “I’m sure,” said Molly.

Religion dies hard in the Irish.

I firmly believe that when you die you will enter immediately into another life. They who have gone before us are alive in one form of life and we in another.

I thought George Adamski was actually a fraud. Looking at him, I found him repulsive. In other words, he didn't have the wide-eyed, innocent look that Orfeo Angelucci did.

The world, unfortunately, rarely matches our hopes and consistently refuses to behave in a reasonable manner.