I've always been fascinated by the picaresque.

Each culture has its own form of staged combat, evolved from its particular method of street fighting and cleaned up for presentation as a spectacle, e.g. savate, Cornish wrestling, karate, kung-fu.

I pray you indulge me for a space, for I am going to set out on a speech which may have some duration, but whose theme may be gleaned from its opening phrase: how dare you.

Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah.

It's upsetting to be a man in our society.

It's hard to write a good play because it's hard to structure a plot. If you can think of it off the top of your head, so can the audience.

I was fortunate enough to have a rambling youth.