Art Depends On Luck And Talent.

Stay Innocent. I'm 69 Years Old, And I'm Still Innocent.

I Have Always Credited The Writer Of The Original Material Above The Title: Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Or John Grisham's The Rainmaker. I Felt That I Didn't Have The Right To Francis Coppola's Anything Unless I Had Written The Story And The Screenplay.

If The Movie Works, Nobody Notices The Mistakes... If The Movie Doesn't Work, The Only Thing People Notice Are Mistakes.

There Can't Be Art Without Risk. It's Like Saying No Sex, And Then Expecting There To Be Children.

Work On Nothing Less Than Epic Scale