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

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.

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.

Steven Spielberg was my childhood hero.

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

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.

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

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.

It was a challenge, to work with Oliver Stone.

I don’t like being alone.

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.

Jonathan Demme is a very sharp editor of his movies.