Film doesn't have to worry. Movies are awesome. There's no war going on, theaters aren't going to lose.

I want to convey that I'm crazy about the Kardashians - but I'm not sure which is which.

Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world, and there are things you can do to lift the human spirit, things that are easy, things that are free, things that you can do every day: civility, respect, kindness, character.

She's a person; the doctor pronounces her dead, not the news.

When you're writing a movie or a play and writing isn't going well, which is for me the normal condition - it's an exceptional day when suddenly I've got something and it's going well - you can call the studio or the producer or whoever is waiting for it and say, "I know I said I was going to have it in by the end of the summer.

I don't think I write differently when I'm writing a screenplay, as opposed to a stage play or a teleplay. Maybe if I were in a film class and there was time to think about it, we could point out differences.

It wouldn't kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.