The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you'll never be unhappy again.

I believe realism is nothing but an analysis of reality. Film scripts have a synthetical constitution.

It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied.

As a rule, one should never place form over content.

I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.

I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood.

I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.