I'm the barbarian of Hollywood.

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.

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

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.

Our hearts are all prison walls when we hold people captive with chains of unforgiveness.

EVERYTIMEA GIRL WISHESTOBE A BOY BADLY, IT'S A SIGNAL THAT OUT SOCIETY FAILED IN ITS DEEDS SOMEWHERE.

...people called it justice, but prison doesn't make everything better, " he observes. "Just because someone pays a price doesn't mean they didn't steal from you to begin with.

The principle component in any genuine friendship is compassion, not competition.

There can be no centrein infinity.

There are three types of baseball players-those who make it happen those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happened.

A people's wrath voiced abroad bringeth grave Danger, no less than public curse pronounced.

Guard your integrity as if it's your most precious leadership possession, because that is what it is.

There's so many intangible forces that come into play when making a film, I have no idea what the public will ultimately think of something that I do, let alone critics.

To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams... This is success!