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.

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

I'm the worst person to ask about how to get noticed. It took me 25 years.

It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars. And vice versa.

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.

The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the 12 box stars are getting $20 million to be in it.

Questions about acting are difficult.