Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula.

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.

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

You can't leave civilization behind entirely.

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

I have written two nonfiction books, I'm embarrassed to say.

Men hand out cigars. Women `hand out' babies. And thus the world, for thousands of years, has gone round.