This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will send him into ascendancy. He's been winning the game for a long time.

The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them.

The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.

My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this film. We've made three films together and I would never underestimate the impact of a writer.

But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.

It was the era of Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson; they all had a certain look.

It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.

But a writer's contribution is literary and a film is not literary. When you take that stuff off the page, and cast the people who are going to fit into those roles, that's what being a director is.

But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.

Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.

I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.

The prince says that the world will be saved by beauty! And I maintain that the reason he has such playful ideas is that he is in love.

For most secrets are kept by these: the darkness, the silence, and the cat.

Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.

Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others.

Microsoft has some assets like Office that have stayed strong and there's so much room for innovation in those.

The only universal language I know of that wraps up joy and gratitude and love is laughter.

Sometimes I think what I write is funny in its quiet way.

It is easy to live multiple lives! What is hard is to be a whole person

I always love China, especially the old China.

When it gets hot like this, you know what I do? I keep my undies in the ice box.