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.

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.

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

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