I feel like if you can describe something fully and accurately, then people will be able to see it themselves - they don't need be told what to..

I would love to take control of the entire universe and for five years you give every movie the same widespread distribution no matter what movie and….

I often find myself writing about people taking care of each other, or trying to. And often seem to write about situations that are too big for the c….

I like to let the actors work the way they want to..

The world is really heading in a very dangerous direction, it becomes that much more valuable and important to go to the movies and see human beings ….

I think the more dangerous and dire the political circumstances seem, the more you attach value to anything that shows you why a human being is a hum….

I trust my judgment when I think it's boring, dull, tepid and not interesting. That's important to listen to. And the same on the set. That's a littl….

I still haven't quite caught on to the idea of writing without dialogue. I like writing dialogue, and there's nothing wrong with dialogue in movies..

I grew up going to the movies, not watching them on television, so I'm still a bit resistant to TV as a medium..

You can shoot a film in New York without seeing the Empire State Building. Or Starbucks...although the latter is much less realistic..

I've reached a new level of closeness with a new friend when I can make a joke at their expense. That's one of the great joys of life for me..

I take it as a sign of intimacy and friendship when you feel comfortable enough with someone to have a little rough and tumble..

I actually think storyboards are great. I don't draw well enough to do them myself. I've only used storyboards a couple of times..

It's not a character flaw to become an adult..

Little kids grow up discovering the world that's shown to them and then when you become a teenager, it kind of shrinks a little bit. I think when you….

Filmmaking, like any other art, is a very profound means of human communication; beyond the professional pleasure of succeeding or the pain of failin….

I was nearly a teen-ager before I stopped assuming that everyone I met was Jewish..

I'm always struck when I go somewhere I've never been before, especially if it's in my home town, by just how different the atmosphere can be, and ho….

I wanted to be a director first to protect my writing. I'm a playwright and you don't need to protect your writing when you're in the theater because….

There's something about the impact of a big screen that means something to me, even though I realize almost every film is fated to be seen for a year….

When you're a man, you're often in situations where you have to decide how far you're going to go in an argument. How big is the other guy? All this ….