There's many a true word spoken in jest; scientists are abominably solemn; therefore scientists miss many a true word.
No one should feel sorry for a successful screenwriter.
I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence?
I like emotions, but I really don't like sentimentality, and I don't like when things break their spell.
I have written a bunch of scripts that have not gotten produced, much more so early in my career than later.
What you need to know to direct a movie is [of] such great variety. I've worked with people who were maestros, who know everything. I've worked with people who were empty and lost, who had no clue what they were doing. You wouldn't hire them to paint your apartment. And then there's everything in-between. There's no list of skills you have to have to sit in that chair.
I don't remember writing anything until I wrote my college application.
Why should anything happen when everything has happened?
Acceptance is the spiritual hammock.
Once you learn how to do something, you don't lose it. Unless you die.
I often don't read reviews.