I knew I wasn't buying a pig in a poke. I knew how good he was.

Don't buy a pig in a poke

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

All good work requires self-revelation.

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.