"To be honest, the end of the book [The Shining] seemed a bit hackneyed to me and not very interesting."

"The most important thing for an artist is to be true to himself, and not to compromise his vision for anyone else."

"The thing that's always fascinated me about movies is that they're a dream that you can share with other people."

"I don't think there's any such thing as a happy ending. I think there's just an ending."

"The test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching."