"Violence is one of the most dramatic forms of human interaction."

"Heroic violence in the Hollywood sense is a great deal like the motivational researchers' problem in selling candy. The problem with candy is not to convince people that it's good…but to free them fro…"

"The criminal and the soldier at least have the virtue of being against something or for something in a world where many people have learned to accept a kind of grey nothingness, to strike an unreal se…"

"I'm not interested in making films that are politically correct. I'm interested in making films that are true to human nature, however ugly that may be."

"If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse."