'My primary concept in approaching the production of THX 1138 was to make a kind of cinema verite film of the future -- something that would look like a documentary crew had made a film about some character in a time yet to come'

'We say, 'We think you are a talented, functioning person, and we are hiring you because of your abilities, and whatever you come up with, we're going to take.…

'No film ever ends up exactly as you would like it to, but with minor exceptions, THX came out pretty much as I had visualized it, thanks to some excellent ass…

'The Johnson film wasn't terrible. I just didn't agree with the politics. I'm not a fan of big government and propaganda films are distasteful.'