In my screenplays - from the very beginning I've always used tape. I talk my screenplays. And then have somebody transcribe them.

If you look at the best-seller list for American fiction, they're all sequels to detective stories or stories about hunting serial killers. That's what's called American fiction these days.

I don't experience basic human emotions. It's not my thing.

In the beginning of any career, in every job, people are always forcing you to the middle.

One of the things I like about a character: I always think it's fascinating when a character can turn on a dime and go from one emotion to another. I like watching that.

I've always been the king of silence. I've always been a minimalist comedian. I've taken my influence from Jack Benny, who was the king of that I've always done 'less is more.'

I come from the place where I am thinking 'I have put my blood on the pages.'