They change. They're different. There are no two alike, that's the miracle of it. But if they have something to teach the students. You can see them writing during the show.

If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

I would say that writing, both the act of writing, and of course reading of other people's work is, for me, supreme joy.

I'd been on all the television programs as an actor, as a writer, as a director, as a producer.

I wanted when we began this to have a conversation, the kind that you're able to have, and the only way I knew how to do it was not to have a pre-interview.

The foundation for film acting is stage acting.

The Pivot Questionnaire that I ask other people, when I have on rare occasion answered it, the answer to the question, "What turns you on?" Is words. Not mine, other people's. Words, words, words, that's what turns me on.