Our primary function is to create an emotion and our secondary function is to sustain that emotions.

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

I have a feeling that inside you somewhere,there's somebody nobody knows about

The ideal husband understands every word his wife doesn't say.

There is something more important than logic: imagination

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders.

Mystery is an intellectual process... But suspense is essentially an emotional process.

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

Falling in love was like falling off a cliff. It felt pretty much like flying until you hit the ground.

Never follow the crowd.

As it stands right now, I lead Richard Pryor in heart attacks, two to one. However, Richard still leads me, one to nothing, in burning yourself up.

Make sure your beliefs match who you are: love.

If you achieve good results using a poor method, isn't that a much greater achievement than starting from better methods. - Rider

If you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!

Do whatever you want because that's not what you are. That's what you do for the moment.

Your reactions are the key to having a wonderful life.

Ladies and gentlemen....." His voice is quiet, but mine rings through the room. "Let the Seventy-sixth Hunger Games begin!

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quack like a duck, then it just may be a duck.