I've Always Had That Overweening Desire To

I've Tried To Stay Away From Mild Satire. I Want An Audience To Feel Something More Powerful For Their Ten Bucks. If They're Going To Spend Two Hours With Me, And Trust Me To Lead Them Around, I'd Like To Take Them Someplace Special.

The Trick With Sequels Is, You Have To Give People What They Liked Before, Yet Be Innovative Enough So They Don't Feel Like They're Seeing The Same Movie.

You Don't Have To Know Much, Just A Little Bit More Than Everybody Else.

The First Comedy Screenplay That I Wrote Was Animal House And I Always Thought I Could And Should Be A Director But No One Was About To Give Me That Opportunity On Animal House.

I've Always Thought That Comedy Was Just Another Dramatic Expression. I Try To Measure The Amount Of Truth In A Work Rather Than Just Looking At The Generic Distinction Between Comedy And Drama. There's A Lot Of Bullshit Drama That Leaves You Totally Cold. And There's A Lot Of Wasted Comedy Time Too. But When You Get Something Honest, It Doesn't Matter What Label You Give It.