一个好的剧本是一部伟大电影的支柱；没有它，即使是最好的导演和表演也会显得平淡无奇。

开玩笑是件严肃的事情。

The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.

Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are.