It's very hard to have lived through the Sixties and not be political.

The dynamic is extremely similar to Gremlins and the hero is very similar, plus the small town atmosphere. It really is in a way the third Gremlins movie.

A lot of filmmakers from my generation were lucky enough to have their work more or less perpetuated by people who saw them originally on TV and on HBO and certainly on home video.

Editing is where movies are made or broken. Many a film has been saved and many a film has been ruined in the editing room.

You don't paint pictures to put them in your attic. You want people to look at them.

You do form a cadre of people that you trust and who are good at their jobs and who know you and what your quirks and foibles are. It makes making movies very collegial and a lot more fun.

Daffy, of course, wants to go on the journey with him but the studio decides they want Daffy back, so Bugs and a young studio executive heroine have to go out and try to bring him back.

I mean, movies are all geared to be basically under 25, and they're all tentpoles, explosions, excitement and all that - they take advantage of the big screen, which is great.

I don't believe that you can judge the worth of a movie in the atmosphere in which it comes out the first time. There's just so many reasons why some pictures don't catch on.

Finding a writer who can write decent kids' dialog and finding kids that can act realistically and not 'cute' is an effort.

One of the things I've always tried to do is to inject myself as much as possible into the movie, so I feel like it's mine.

Just know I amNot there to catch youBut I am there for you

. . . failure is also the stern parent of truth. (p525)

Pride and resentment are not indigenous to the human heart

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.

Magnus had a list of favored traits in a partner-black hair, blue eyes, honest.

There's no room to Rhumba in a sports car.

You will never be indecisive if you know your purpose.

A man who is intentionally unarmed relies upon the Unseen Force called God by poets, but called the Unknown by scientists.

I'm always slightly envious of people who become extremely rich without anyone knowing who the hell they are, like financiers.

You know i was just thinking that it's better to die trying [to live your bravest dream] than to live sleeping.