"Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with."

"But I think it's quite clear in my work that my orientation isn't political or doesn't come out of modern politics."

"As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I'll leave that for others to decide."

"I think women don't grow up with the harsh world of criticism that men grow up with, we are more sensitively treated, and when you first experience the world of film-making you have to develop a very tough skin."

"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."

"Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work."

"You reach a point where you don't work for money."

"Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality."