I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories.

Some critics are stimulating in that they make you realise how you could do better, and those are valued.

So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less.

I probably have genius. But no talent.

Death is what makes life an event.

I landed a job with Roger Corman. The job was to write the English dialogue for a Russian science fiction picture. I didn't speak any Russian. He didn't care whether I could understand what they were saying; he wanted me to make up dialogue.

I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school.