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

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.

There's something in me that just wants to create dialogue.

Cultivate a love of skill. Learn theatrical skills. They will give you continual pleasure, self-confidence, and link you to fifty thousand years of the history of our profession.

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.

The essence of jiu-jitsu is philosophy.

Welcome to Chicago. This town stinks like a whorehouse at low tide.