I don't like losing the words, as you have to, when I'm asked to turn a play into a movie. It's not a matter of ego . . . I'm just better able to create the character for an audience through words rather than through actions.

People with honorary awards are looked upon with disfavor. Would you let an honorary mechanic fix your brand-new Mercedes?

I feel like writing about a time when I was probably, and think all of us are, the happiest before the obligations start in.

Standing on a ledge again. Everyone laughs at dancing monkey with the typewriter. Not for long, though.

I don't like losing the words, as you have to, when I'm asked to turn a play into a movie. It's not a matter of ego . . . I'm just better able to create the character for an audience through words rather than through actions.

Don't listen to those who say, you taking too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today.

I don’t like writing for comedians. I like writing for actors. The best comedians are the best actors.