There is no straightforward negotiation with a four year old.

I don't begin a novel or a screenplay until I know the ending. And I don't mean only that I have to know what happens. I mean that I have to hear the actual sentences. I have to know what atmosphere the words convey.

It's not right to hurt or deceive someone who's already been hurt and deceived.

I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft.

Thus we try to keep our heroes alive; hence we remember them.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

He also knew that rivals are best unmanned by being ignored.