Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all the moments of your life.

Once you start compromising your thoughts, you're a candidate for mediocrity.

When its 100 degrees in New York, it's 72 in Los Angeles. When its 30 degrees in New York, in Los Angeles it's still 72. However, there are 6 million interesting people in New York, and only 72 in Los Angeles.

Take care of him. And make him feel important. And if you can do that, you'll have a happy and wonderful marriage. Like two out of every ten couples.

Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.

I firmly believe that if you follow a path that interests you, not to the exclusion of love, sensitivity, and cooperation with others, but with the strength of conviction that you can move others by your own efforts, and do not make success or failure the criteria by which you live, the chances are you'll be a person worthy of your own respects.

I much prefer writing an original movie with the screen in mind to transferring a play to the screen.