"When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?,' I say, 'Your salary.'"

"I'm a great believer in telling the audience all the information, and then letting them watch the characters suffer."

"Fear is not a thing to be ashamed of. It is a natural human emotion. And it is a very powerful emotion."

"All of us have a dark side, and that's where the stories are."

"I am scared of getting into any difficulties somebody once said to me what is your idea of happiness. I said a clear Horizon. not even that Horizon with a tiny Cloud no bigger than a man's fist."