I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the money.

Listen, here's the thing about an English degree - if you sat somebody down and asked them to make a list of the writers they admire over the last hundred years, see how many of them got a degree in English.

Having spent too many years in show business, the one thing I see that succeeds is persistence. It's the person who just ain't gonna go home. I decided early on that I wasn't going to go home. This is what I'll be doing until they put me in jail or in a coffin.

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

Everyone needs money. That's why they call it money

I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind.

If you're writing an opinion piece, it's your job to write your opinion. If, on the other hand, you wrote a novel, as Virginia Woolf tells us, it would be inappropriate if you let your novel be influenced by your political opinions.