When you're a big enough part of the process that the Writers Guild gives you a lot of credit, that's a good thing. It tells me that I've had a significant impact on the film as a writer.

I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport.

I'd like to think I'd never do a gratuitous fart joke.

My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell.

Some people have a fear of rejecting all the security that comes with family, church and state. They become fundamentalists.

I always think that the writer is doing the vast majority of the director's work, in a sense. If you're a writer who is also going to direct, you're doing all your preparation: You're already visualizing everything, you're imagining how the lines are going to be read, you see the blocking in your head, and you know the rhythm and the pacing.

With both Caddyshack and Vacation, it's not like the subjects were serious enough that they engaged my interest for another round. I love the characters, and the actors were great, but I didn't see the need to make another Vacation movie.