All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

I thought back to the O.J. Simpson trial. I would have voted him guilty. But there was no doubt that Johnnie Cochran overwhelmed the jury.

All good work requires self-revelation.

For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.

He was prescient. What can I tell you? He was a Jewish soothsayer. One of the things I admire stylistically is how he was able to give you the bitter pill with such good laughs.

There is a kind of crazy bravery about this guy.