He is the cheese to my macaroni.

In the past, I'll admit, I've enjoyed being compared to the protagonists in my screenplays.

I think when you take people who are damaged and you give them money and freedom, it can be a toxic cocktail.

I think it's great when writers get recognition; it doesn't happen very often. I just don't want that writer to be me. Let it be Aaron Sorkin or, you know, somebody good.

I absolutely relate to being alone in squalor, trying to come up with something adequate. I relate to that, and I've been known to crawl out of bed and drink out of a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke.

I had gone to the bookstore, and while I hadn't bought any books on how to write a screenplay, I'd bought a couple of scripts so I could see how the formatting works. I just needed to know how a Hollywood screenplay looked on the page, which was something I was totally unfamiliar with.

If this whole writing thing doesn't work out, I'll be getting right back on the pole.