I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness.

I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer.

That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places.

Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit.

The studios have been taken over by marketing people and accountants.

Let's make Joe Lieberman accountable for his rhetoric. Not a penny more until he 'clarifies' his position to the satisfaction of our creative freedom.

Politics has become entertainment.

My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.

I have my own religious bond with the God in my own head.

I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime.

To make a miracle, all you have to do is share a little of the magic.

How well you cross a storm of life determines your testimony about it

The only thing more dangerous than a willingness to ignore the Law is an ability to change it.

Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever.

I guess I would say first of all that we tend to go back to the 60s and we tend to see these struggles and these goals in a relatively static way.

Culture follows power.

Reaching and understanding is the process of bringing about an agreement on the presupposed basis of validity claims that are mutually recognized.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

That's who comes to my workshops. I jokingly tell my students that the class could be called "Your photographs: Better."