My films seem to be better understood and better received by the monthly publications. On television the first reactions are usually unfavorable.

I can't see any reason why a film shouldn't be stylized and visually beautiful. I don't think a beautiful set is pretentious.

There cannot be any communication except through form. If there is no form, you cannot create emotion in the spectator.

So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally.

I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here.

I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in film.

It was repugnant, but it was the only way to communicate.

A viewer as opposed to a filmmaker might see a film differently. But I'm extremely comfortable with my style.

For me an unfavorable initial reaction happens fairly often. For some reason the more time that elapses after the film opens, the more favorable the reviews become.

I am never driven. Every film Ive made has been an assignment.

A good writer sees the world, not through his own eyes, but through his reader's mind.

You have to open up to the world and learn optimism...Contentment with the past, happiness with the present, and hope for the future. Learned optimisim.

They didn't even had the authority to choose an alcoholic beverage. They couldn't be deciding who deserved to live or die.

Getting into a new relationship is like pouring Miracle-Gro on your character defects.

Dreams are symbolic in order that they cannot be understood; in order that the wish, which is the source of the dream, may remain unknown.

Domestic goddesses have infiltrated everybody's lives and raised the bar way too high.

I own stock, and I also insure my car with Geico.

If we destroy human rights and rule of law in response to terrorism, they have won.

Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed.

Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge - it is as immortal as the heart of man.