My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it.

Time is money, as they say, and it was never more apropos than on a television show, where a minute is worth about $200!

Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb.

From dear, dear Gloria Swanson, I learned how to live long, happy and free of health problems. I owe her my life.

From Maya Angelou I began to believe that I, too, someday, could be a writer, and I also learned how tortuous it can be to be in possession of a unique voice.

I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote from an idea I was passionate about.

Hollywood today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place in one box.