I knew Billy Wilder socially and would have loved to work with him.

War is so complex; human nature is so complex. There’s no filmmaker who has ever figured it out perfectly.

When I was a child, there’s one thing I said: ‚I never want to be alone.‘ That’s what I would say. I don’t want to be alone.

It was a challenge, to work with Oliver Stone.

My friend James Cameron and I made three films together – True Lies, The Terminator and Terminator 2. Of course, that was during his early, low-budget, art-house period.

Steven Spielberg was my childhood hero.

I think that more flow of information, the ability to stay connected to more people makes people more effective as people. And I mean, that’s true socially. It makes you have more fun, right. It feels better to be more connected to all these people. You have a richer life.

I never have really become accustomed to the ‚John.‘ Nobody ever really calls me John… I’ve always been Duke or Marion or John Wayne. It’s a name that goes well together, and it’s like one word – John Wayne.

I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?

I’m a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there.

I don’t like being alone.

Jonathan Demme is a very sharp editor of his movies.

What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.

One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.