It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes.

I'm open to comments. I'm open to objective points of view, because I've been very narrow and very subjective.

In motion pictures, the actor rules. The camera served the actor.

I realized what you could do in motion pictures by surrounding yourself with geniuses.

It's only been a couple of times in my life that I've really locked horns with actors. It did not hurt the films, it just hurt the moment of the filmmaking.

If you had the opportunity and some talent, there was no way you couldn't progress, because it was an open market. There was the advertising world, and there was the documentary world.

I was painting sets, working in editorial as an assistant, driving their trucks... lying that I knew how to drive a truck... and doing commercials and documentaries.

I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman.

I think what some people are doing with effects is starting to get silly. It's overused.

How was I going to make a man fly? How was I going to convince the public that an actor could fly?

I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately.

We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.

We decide how much we want our past to be a part of our present.I stopped inviting the past into my life.It took the hint and stopped showing up.

Only poets and philosophers see the world as it really is, for only to them is it given to live without illusions. To see clearly is to not act.

E: Well, shall we go?V: Yes, let's go.(They do not move)

Forgiving means to pardon the unpardonable faith means believing the unbelievable and hoping means to hope when things are hopeless.

Creativity is a distinctive trait of human excellence in all domains of behavior.

When you cannot be just through virtue, be so through pride.

Only in unawareness you are mortal. In awareness you are immortal.

Too often, complaint is not about principled objection on moral grounds, but opportunistic objection on grounds of self-interest. To rectify this, we need to work on mastering the art of complaint.

a basic “must” for every writer: A simple solitude-physical & mental.