Drama is life with the dull bits left out. There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. I believe in putting the horror in the minds of the audience, and not necessarily on the screen. The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.

Never turn your back on a friend.

The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.

We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.

You think she's pretty, you ought to see my slingshot!

There are several differences between a footballl game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the participants wear uniforms. Also there are more injuries at a football game.

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.