It's All Just One Film To Me.

Jazz Has Endured Because It Doesn't Have A Beginning Or An Ending. It's A Moment.

If Something Works For You, You Continue To Do It. I Did A Bunch Of Pictures For 20th Century Fox When Alan Ladd Was Over There, But I Set The Budgets So Low That They'd Approve And I'd Deliver The Film. They Would Have No Say In It, Which Is The Kind Of Arrangement I Liked.

There Was Not A Lot Of Dialogue. The Titles Were Just To Keep You Up. It's The Visual Stimulation That Hits The Audience. That's The Reason For Film. Otherwise, We Might As Well Turn The Light Out And Call It Radio.

Chance Is Another Name That We Give To Our Mistakes. And All Of The Best Things In My Films Are Mistakes.

I'll Give You The Same Advice I Give My Children: Never Take Advice From Anybody.