The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
“Unfortunately, we are not painters and authors, where we can do something in isolation. We require a lot of money to create what we create. It's almost like being an architect: You can't be an architect and build whatever buildings you want to.”
“Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent.”