I think the main issue is that a lot of the stars today are very addicted, and they simply feel more comfortable smoking as they act.

I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime.

There are certainly a lot of sins to be taken on. To take on smoking and movies is a weighty enough thing, I think, and it's one I've experienced, and it's what's caused me to live in-with my voice maimed for the rest of my life.

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

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

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.

That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places.