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.

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!

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.

Horror films have been with us forever, so you can't say I originated that in any way, but it sort of brought back a classical way to make a horror film.

No matter what dimension you're in, there's a big-headed male trying to take over the world.

God never gave up on us.We did!

Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.

I guess, as a reporter, I always thought that my biggest strength was that I could get anybody to talk to me. I wasn't the best writer, but I could get people to talk to me.

It is extraordinary how extraordinary the ordinary person is.

It's better to have a pocket full of regrets than to never have lived.

Comics seemed to have a handle on things. They could sort of disarm and get control over reality. I found it very comforting to laugh.

In Charleston, more than elsewhere, you get the feeling that the twentieth century is a vast, unconscionable mistake.

Each component of the organism, like the individual in the social body, possesses the capacity for enjoyment of the self through sharing with others.

I am a passionate believer that comedy is a way of tackling some of the most dark and difficult aspects of being a human being.