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

I was a militant smoker, and in my case, I think I particularly used smoking because what I felt was a kind of politically correct big brother assault on smoking.

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.

I always try to do true endings and that's where I got into trouble always because Hollywood wants to do happy endings.

Sirens wailed; the revolution had come to Harrisonville. Blood was flowing on Pearl Street.

Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rock'n'roll, politics as a movie.

Every time I flicked channels, there I was, talking. I was talking too much and writing too little. So Naomi and I went to Hawaii. The phone was cut off and we lost touch. This gave me the chance to have a good think about my life.