Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.

There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.

Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.

I'm sure anyone who likes a good crime, provided it is not the victim.

Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.

I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.