I Made This Movie For $40,000, Which

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.

I Was Excited To Discover, In This Tale By Eliade, The Key Themes That I Most Hope To Understand Better - Time, Consciousness And The Dream-like Basis Of Reality.

I've Been Failing For, Like, Ten Or Eleven Years. When It Turns, It'll Turn. Right Now I'm Just Trying To Squeeze Through A Very Tight Financial Period, Get The Movie Out, And Put My Things In Order.

I Know That If A Film Is Ready To Emerge Out Of What I Write, I'll Be Able To Go Off And Make It Without Asking Anyone's Permission.

You're In A Profession In Which Absolutely Everybody Is Telling You Their Opinion, Which Is Different. That's One Of The Reasons George Lucas Never Directed Again.