I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer.

In the olden days, of course, cigarette companies would pay to have their product advertised in movies and to have actors smoke cigarettes.[Ronald Reagan used to do it.]

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

I was very skeptical when he began, and there have been moments where I think he's shown absolute leadership, and I think the jury is out, still out. I haven't made any final decisions on him, but I've been surprised at times. I agree with him about one thing absolutely - George W. Bush said recently that he believed in prayer and exercise. So do I.

From what I've been able to determine, many of our big stars are addicted to tobacco. They want to smoke in movies for the same reason I smoked as I wrote, which is that they think their performance is going to be better.

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

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