... Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, two publications read more faithfully in Hollywood than the Koran is in Mecca.

I'm not saying these flying discs don't really exist, but nobody living in Kansas City has seen them and that's a dry state.

The California cemeteries make dying sound so attractive it's a real effort to keep breathing.

We were ensconced as guests of the exclusive Beverly Hilton Hotel, an edifice so swank that the fire ax in the hall outside our suite said: "In case of fire-break crystal."

Personally, I like those mystery shows. Ever since I was a kid I've been crazy about blood and detectives and murder. Maybe I was born with a silver knife in my back.

As I was saying before I was interrupted ... I believe the last thing I said was 'There must be a better way to make a living than this.' Well, I've looked - and there isn't.

Son of Lady Chatterley's Lover had obvious commercial advantages (as a title for this book), but it impugned the marital status of my parents, something that enough critics were already doing.