Hitchcock had to fight to the death to make his movies.

The thing is there have been American movies that are similar to Solaris, like Alien had a lot of things that are similar, although it's also got the horror element.

Coppola has problems getting financing, so why should I not have problems getting financing.

I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you.

The trick of making movies in this culture is how to not give up everything that makes them worthwhile in order to get them made - and that's a tricky balance.

I direct a lot of TV commercials and music videos.

Certain remakes are great. Carpenter's The Thing is better than the original.

I really love sort of classical cinema where people were telling stories with very little dialogue, and people were using the camera in a really interesting way.

I just like movies that somehow expose the world in a way that's different than you imagine it.

The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.

I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen.

JUST SHUT UP talking about what you're going to do and JUST DO IT! Then you can talk.

Did you have a sad day? Don’t worry, you have all the night to compensate for it! Did you have a sad night? Don’t worry, you have all the day to compensate for it!

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.

Fear builds walls to bar the light.

The mark of the superior thinker is his or her ability to accurately predict the consequences of doing or not doing something.

Like any kind of writing, there are good days and frustrating days. But even frustrating days can be rewarding sometimes.

The surtax payers, having been soaked, have found a way to get out of the rain.

You can vibe out when people are getting tired or they're too drunk to keep going along with.

Mobile is something I think about all the time now.