It is always an accident that saves us. It is someone we have never seen.

A film writer is very much like a party girl. While you're good-looking and still unlined, the possibilities seem endless. But your appeal doesn't last long and you're quickly discarded.

One should not believe too strongly in a life which can easily vanish.

I write down portions, maybe fragments, and perhaps an imperfect view of what Im hoping to write. Out of that, I keep trying to find exactly what I want.

Dialogue's a method of revelation, of course. A few words of dialogue can reveal worlds about a character.

I'd say the biggest relationship is the repetition of certain themes. I don't want to say "topics," but certain points of interest.

The normal economic system works itself.