Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"

I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer.

Film is a collaborative business: bend over.

If you find that a point cannot be made without narration, it is virtually certain that the point is unimportant to the story (which is to say, to the audience).

The quality I most admire in a man is steadfastness.

I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.

There is no such thing as character other than the habitual action, as Mr. Aristotle told us two thousand years ago.