To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script.

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.

The only thing worse than a Mets game is a Mets doubleheader.

I actually don't think we're more divided than we were. I think it's more evident. It's more evident because of the internet.

I look for good directors mainly because if you do enough of movies where there's not a real creative vision behind it, you start to turn into a robot and you want to jump off a bridge.

I would say I used to spend 60 percent of my time just to raise capital, when I was growing.

When I see our country's stagnation and economic woes, I cannot help but think that we need a creative revolution that is embraced by business and endorsed by government and educators alike.

You know, if ever there was a people who should know how to practice brotherhood, it is the American Negro and it is the people of Egypt.

A record is just a snapshot of where you are at any time.

This would have been less annoying had it been untrue.

That's what friends are for-to be strong for you when you need a moment to find your own strength.

[A] spirit of justice and friendly accomodation...is our duty and our interest to cultivate with all nations.