[on his use of tracking shots throughout his 50-year career] There's always a certain amount of camera improvisation.

I often shoot with scissors in my eyes.

You can disguise any set with lights and shadows.

Peggy is a sovereign nation. She governs herself and those around her by her own laws.

As far as I was concerned, a little danger of head-shrinking is a small price to pay in return for a people who have remained true to an ancient code.

Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of art -- or almost the only stuff.

Manipulation is moving together for my advantage. Motivation is moving together for mutual advantage.

Infinity is present in each part. A loving smile contains all art. The motes of starlight spark and dart. A grain of sand holds power and might.

No doubt the Jews aren't a lovable people; I don't care about them myself; but that is not sufficient to explain the Pogrom.

The writer can only explore the inner space of his characters by perceptively navigating his own.

Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive.

One of the key things in the tech business in particular is that you need to be able to push boundaries.

No Atlantis is too underwater or fictional.