See, I Never Gain An Ounce, Because,

During The Course Of The Year A Number Of Ideas Just Come Up Automatically. I Could Be Walking Down The Street. Or Shaving. An Idea Will Hit Me And I'll Write It Down. Then, When I'm Ready To Write, I Check My Little Matchbooks And Napkins And Find That It Is Good Or It's Pretty Terrible. There Are Other Times When I Don't Have Any Ideas And I'll Go Into A Room And Close The Door And I Sit And Sweat It Out For A Day Or A Month And Eventually I Come Up With [something].

Where I Grew Up In Brooklyn, Nobody Committed Suicide. Everyone Was Too Unhappy.

If My Films Don't Show A Profit, I Know I'm Doing Something Right.

If My Films Make One More Person Miserable, I'll Feel I Have Done My Job.

The Dictatorship Is Shut Up, Democracy Is Always Concerned.