It was a unique experience in several ways, because I don't think Sam [Fuller] had ever collaborated with another writer over his whole career.

We're not used to seeing movies, especially with physical action, when it isn't the man who comes in to save the day.

His [Sam Fuller] self-discipline was amazing. No matter what happened, he'd always go out to his Royal Upright typewriter and just keep working on his stories, his "yarns" as he called them.

I was a journalist and wrote about filmmakers, but I didn't review movies per se.

I can't speak to how Michael [Douglas] approached it in terms of his process.

Hollywood, of course, is the city of illusion.

First of all, Sam Fuller left a group of extraordinary movies that are unique, that are "Fuller-esque," as one might say, which makes them stand apart from any other director's films.