There's always something that draws you away from the original script.

You can make a movie about anything, as long as it has a hook to hang the advertising on.

Motion pictures are the art form of the 20th century, and one of the reasons is the fact that films are a slightly corrupted artform. They fit this century - they combine Art and business!

When I started in the late 1950s, every film I made - no matter how low the budget - got a theatrical release. Today, less that 20-percent of our films get a theatrical release.

In order to create art today, you have to compromise your art somewhat and be a businessman.

I've never made the film I wanted to make. No matter what happens, it never turns out exactly as I hoped.

In science-fiction films the monster should always be bigger than the leading lady.

One of the worst things you can do is have a limited budget and try to do some big looking film. That's when you end up with very bad work.

I do believe motion pictures are the significant art form of our time. And I think the main reason is, they're an art form of movement, as opposed to static art forms of previous times.

I love the process of making films and an incidental satisfaction is the fact that most of them made money.

People gravitate occasionally to the brilliantly made art low budget films, which is maybe one out of every five hundred low budget films made.

To say nothing is saying something. You must denounce things you are against or one might believe that you support things you really do not.

The world is Absolutely Brilliant. Difficult sometimes. Confusing often. But humorous almost always.

A healthy man watched what he ate. An intelligent man watched what he watched.

The power of storytelling is to free us from isolation, shame, and whatever the situation.

It is a radical act to believe in and like yourself.

My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was so young that, for me, his music has been a way for me to get to know him better.

I love creating new things. It's kind of my job, it's what I do, and I really have fun with it.

It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.

I don't think I'm too mean to celebrities. I poke fun, but I think in the end, they always win.

Nobody should be allowed more than fifty years to get their act together.