Success Will Ruin Your Life.

Being A Victim Is More Palatable Than Having To Recognize The Intrinsic Contradictions Of One's Own Governing Philosophy.

Even True Believers Had Consciences, Too Bad.

There Is More To Military Units Than Hardware. There Is The Character Of The Unit's Personnel: Their Strengths, Experience, And Knowledge, Their Ability To Get Along And Work Together Amid The Horrors Of The Battlefield. There Is An Almost Undefinable Quality. That Quality Is The Marine Corps' Secret Weapon. Their Edge. That Quality Is Their Ethos.

I Do Not Over-intellectualise The Production Process. I Try To Keep It Simple: Tell The Damned Story.

The Only Person Who Has Artistic Control Is The Director, And 'director' Is How You Spell God In Hollywood.