John Milius

I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden.

Everybody's a filmmaker today.

No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not.

My style is Edie Sedgwick meets Grace Jones, or Audrey Hepburn meets Salt 'n' Pepa. Strong and feisty but still classic.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

If any mayor reduced school funding by 33 percent and called it the 'Strengthening Our Schools Initiative,' I think they'd be excoriated.