My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.

Fact is we went on to do other things. But we still wanted to do our success like rock'n'roll stars.

There's no doubt in my mind that Bill Clinton will stop smoking cigars, will never smoke them again, as a result of what he did with that cigar.

Joe Lieberman was threatening censorship. What I'm arguing is that if the creative people in Hollywood themselves have a responsibility, have a moral responsibility in terms of smoking, not to show smoking in movies.

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.

Anyone I think who - that would go through a cancer ward and would see the result of what smoking does, would never, ever think of smoking is sexy again.

There are no crowds out there demanding to see smoking scenes in movies.