I know a lot of writers who would much rather be writing the Great American Novel, but they've got bills to pay and alimony, and so they take a job at a less-than-reputable paper. You know, you do what you gotta do.

You look good wearing my future.

Directing has only increased my admiration and respect for what it is that actors do.

I don't want to see the zipper in the back of the monster suit. Like everybody else who goes to the movies, I want to believe the monster is real.

If Plato is a fine red wine, then Aristotle is a dry martini.

I can count on one hand the directors who actually directed me.

I have a love/hate relationship with just about all technology in my life. My first typewriter in particular. I had a helluva time putting new ribbon on it.