I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden.

Charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500.

Everybody's a filmmaker today.

I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways.

Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.

I may not be the strongest guy or the most well armed, but you can put me in a room with a pencil and a piece of paper and I can kill anybody.

The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually.

Most artists think they're frauds anyway.

I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.

I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.

To be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.

Prisoner of Her Own Captivity

Since Genesis 3 we have been addicted to setting our sights on something, someone, smaller than Jesus.

The true meaning and purpose of life is to give some meaning and purpose to your life.

I thought Candy Mountain was a real place

Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men whatever they say about you good or bad you are not because of it another man for as you are you are.

A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.

I live by the sea in Australia and the weather of course is glorious all year round.

I don't take modern hip-hop as real. It's entertaining, it's fake, like James Bond.

It doesn't matter how many times you win an award, it is always very special.