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Writing by committee becomes much less about a vision. It is really about a piece of merchandise.
I think it's the most extraordinary studio around. I would love to do my next project with Pixar.
I worked as hard to write the worst film of the year as I did to write the best film of the year.
I'm incredibly proud of 'Hannibal' and the cast - I feel like we're doing really good television.
The only interesting thing that can happen in a Swiss bedroom is suffocation by feather mattress.
One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you're obliged to act like one
I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.
We have an infinite capacity for self interest, yet the infinite has absolutely no interest in us
As for 'Independence Day,' we never intended to do any films in that series beyond the first one.
Gas Attendant: "Thata ain't no etch-a-sketch. Thats one doodle that can't be un-did home skillet.
Just like my mom, when things get bad, I get quiet. The worse they get, the more silent I become.
Whenever your preparations for the sea are poor; the sea worms its way in and finds the problems.
"You're more trouble than the children are" is the greatest compliment a grandparent can receive.
I don’t like to quote myself but unfortunately everybody I know who should be quoting me is dead.
Give me a little peace. A little? Why so modest? How about eternal peace? Now, there's a thought.
To deny women directors, as I suspect is happening in the States, is to deny the feminine vision.
With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.'
One of the things that we love most about our comedy [ American Reunion] is that it goes all-out.
That wouldn't be a first, now would it?" "Jean." "Jean Grey is dead, Agent." "Yeah, that'll last.
I have an obligation to do press, but I don't have an obligation to stay out dancing until 3 A.M.
The best thing you can give me is your time. The easiest way to get me angry is to waste my time.
I've never had an issue with studios. I believe in them as true creative partners in the process.
You usually find me writing what I like to think of as intelligent summer action and genre films.
Happiness, it has been observed, is best achieved by those who have been most unhappy heretofore.
I reckon I closed down at least two films companies, one of which was in Ealing in the mid 1950s.
Screenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art.
One of the things that I do like about filmmaking is that you find out how to solve new problems.
You have to remember that in addition to running a literary agency, I am also an ebook publisher.
Industrial food makers don't want you thinking about where your food comes from and what's in it.
I don't know what my friends do. Generally they become producers. That way they can stop writing!
You've not felt the pain of rejection until a television show based on your own life is canceled.
I believe most people don't go into show business unless they've been majorly unloved as a child.
I love editorial and sound and music, and I was working with the best people, so you learn a lot.
Rule of storytelling: When a character is shoved against a wall, shove them against a wall harder.
I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue.
As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
While we can't turn off the aging gene, we do go to a lot of extremes to stay young, I've noticed.
Real meaningful endeavours, the biggies in human existence, often require the sacrifice of others.
One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you're obliged to act like one.
Study what you love, and youll never have to work a day in your life. Itll be one great adventure.
Death comes black and hard, rushing down on me from the future, with no possible chance of escape.
If I want to get a taste of beach culture, I'll fire up my season 2 DVD of 'Beverly Hills, 90210.'
Everybody knows that I'm not a snob when it comes to pop culture, obviously. I love reality shows.
The brutality that can take place in a crime film heightens the tenderness that can also be there.
If you change the rules on what controls you... you will change the rules on what you can control.
It is just fun to play with [in "Mary and Jane"]. I think our sense of humor tends to go that way.
If you disapprove of violence, then you can't think there is any age when violence is appropriate.
The trap is that you then just start doing stuff about Hollywood, which I don't really want to do.