I Write From My Stomach.

My Filmmaking Education Consisted Of Finding Out What Filmmakers I Liked Were Watching, Then Seeing Those Films. I Learned The Technical Stuff From Books And Magazines, And With The New Technology You Can Watch Entire Movies Accompanied By Audio Commentary From The Director. You Can Learn More From John Sturges' Audio Track On The 'bad Day At Black Rock' Laserdisc Than You Can In 20 Years Of Film School. Film School Is A Complete Con, Because The Information Is There If You Want It.

My Filmmaking Education Consisted Of Finding Out What Filmmakers I Liked Were Watching, Then Seeing Those Films. I Learned The Technical Stuff From Books And Magazines, And With The New Technology You Can Watch Entire Movies Accompanied By Audio Commentary From The Director. You Can Learn More From John Sturges' Audio Track On The 'bad Day At Black Rock' Laserdisc Than You Can In 20 Years Of Film School. Film School Is A Complete Con, Because The Information Is There If You Want It.

I Don't Think The Competition's So Rough, Within The Majority Of Movies Made In Hollywood.

There’s A Lot For Screenwriters To Steal From Songwriters, In Terms Of Getting To The Point.

It's So Hard To Do Anything That Doesn't Owe Some Kind Of Debt To What Stanley Kubrick Did With Music In Movies. Inevitably, You're Going To End Up Doing Something That He's Probably Already Done Before. It Always Seem Like We're Falling Behind Whatever He Came Up With. "singin' In The Rain" (1952) In "a Clockwork Orange" (1971) - That Was The First Time I Became So Aware Of Music In Movies. So No Matter How Hard You Try To Do Something New, You're Always Following Behind.