A good writer is not someone who knows how to write- but how to rewrite

If all that's going on in your scenes is what's going on in your scenes, think about it a long time.

But when a girl gives a boy a dead squid - that had to mean something.

Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.

It’s an accepted fact that all writers are crazy, even the normal ones are weird.

Do I love you? My God, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.

I don't guess. I think. I ponder. I deduce. Then I decide. But I never guess.

One of the easiest things in the world is not to write... If it were easy, everyone would do it.

Life is difficult. Anyone who says different is trying to sell you something.

Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high.

The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college.

In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.

Stay innocent. I'm 69 years old, and I'm still innocent.

I was a pretty shy, lonely kid. I blossomed about age 17, when I went to college.

I probably have genius. But no talent.

You ought to love what you're doing because, especially in a movie, over time you really will start to hate it.

The photographer and the director are where reality and fantasy meet.

I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.

It was the man's dream, and his inspiring attempt to make them come true that remain important.