My father actually went to college, and my mother went to nursing school, so, you know. I wouldn't... They were actually too square and right-wing to be hip, too well-educated to be white trash, too sexy to be square. They really didn't fit any mold. They weren't really hipsters. They were just - they were two of a kind, those two.

You get up in the morning because you might meet a woman. And if you stay at home by yourself, alone, you will not meet a woman.

Joe Wambaugh's a friend. I know him only casually, but I like him a lot. I think he likes my books.

Periodically I just notch up. And everyone among my colleagues thinks that Perfidia - in its accessibility, its big throbbing heart - will be the biggest notch up yet. We'll see what happens. It's on my ass.

We do. Or re-create the ones we have, and project. My whole life is projection.

How did I change my life? I wanted things. I wanted women and I wanted to write books.

All I want to do is make serious movies that explore social issues and turn a profit, and slip the schnitzel to Jane DePugh.