"I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character."

"It's just that the public doesn't care for films on politics."

"A man's best friend is his mother. His second best friend is his wife. And his third best friend is a dog. After that, forget it."

"I'm a great believer in telling the audience all the information, and then letting them watch the characters suffer."

"I don't care about the subject matter; I don't care about the acting; but I do care about the pieces of film and the photography and the soundtrack and all of the technical ingredients that made the a…"