Suffice to say that the theme (the WHAT of the movie) is going to determine the style (the HOW of the movie).

For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.

All good work requires self-revelation.

Everything becomes creative if the person doing the job is

All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters.

Good style, to me, is unseen style.

The varying physical characteristics of the actors may also necessitate changes. Sean Connery is six feet four. Dustin Hoffman isn't.

It's art. It's commerce. It's heartbreaking and it's fun. It's a great way to live.

I only said 'Titanic' is unwatchable because one can not watch it.

There's no such thing as a small part. There are just small actors.

Once you start asking questions innocence is gone.

The fear of God is the death of every other fear; like a mighty lion, it chases all other fears before it.

Who knows what crumbling infrastructure lies beneath our sleeping children? Actually, many people do - they pay surveyors to take a look.

Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires long hours, patience, and care.

'Adapt and overcome' is my new motto.

The politics of fear has brought us everything we are afraid of, including the endless wars, the collapsing economy - all the rest.

One can experience an unconditional affirmation of life only when one has accepted death, not as contrary to life, but as an aspect of it.

I usually never, ever get nervous before a regular show. But a TV show? I'm always nervous because you know you gotta nail that song.

There's been million-seller books and million-seller CDs. But there hasn't been, until now, million-seller art.

I have read the Bible many times. But after fasting, and being baptized Orthodox, it's like reading a whole new Bible. You see the depth behind the words so much more clearly.