The thing I've noticed about life is that it just keeps coming at you. And it can be a real bummer. What you need to remember is that you're not alone. You've got friends and family. That's how we get by. We talk and share and eat cake and giggle in the dark, even when we're scared - no, especially when we're scared.

In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids.

For me, someone like the Eddie Murphy character doesn't live anywhere; he lives on a stage and when he's not on the stage he's on a bus getting to the next stage. You don't really want to see him at home, or all those things you can do in the movie.

No piece of writing is ever finished. It’s just due.

My idea of a beach holiday is going to New York for two weeks, just going and hanging out.

First of all, just knowing people who grew up in the movie business at that time, no one had Mexican maids.

Because his basic idea that he got from the study of gall wasps is that everyone's sexuality is unique.