I became an actor by accident, not by design.

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.

I think that anybody's craft is fascinating. A taxi driver talking about taxi driving is going to be very, very interesting.

Olivier was another case of a genius, who couldn't understand why anybody would have any trouble doing this, because for him it came so easily.

A good day's writing, when I turn off my computer after I know that I've written okay, or as well as I can write, that's a day well spent.

The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.

I must confess that when I'm alone in my study, here in New York, writing; that's when I'm happy.