Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.

A cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan.

Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.

I make people laugh for a living. I believe I can say objectively that what I do I do as well as anybody. Just say I'm one of the best broken field runners that ever lived. For 35 years I was a cult hero, an underground funny.

I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.

Basically, I'm a writer. I'm the proprietor of the vision. I alone know what I eventually want to happen on the screen. So if you have a valuable idea, the only way to protect it is to direct it.

If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.