I just wanted to make sure that what I write is what appears on screen, to not have some idiot change it on its way to the screen.

Certainly on a political and a legislative level, Bill Clinton was effective, but the example that he ultimately left, I think for posterity, tragically, is going to begin with that single paragraph lead with the White House intern.

I was surprised by how warm the response was, even among studio heads, who said they really, we do have to do something about glamourization of smoking.

Cigarettes, cigarettes were much tougher. Booze was tough And I had a real drinking problem before as we discovered in the hospital really, but the cigarettes are much tougher and to tell you the truth.

You must show how gruesome that death is because if you don't, then you turn into some kind of comic book and pain, then death, doesn't have a consequence, and pain doesn't have a consequence.

I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.

The studios have been taken over by marketing people and accountants.