You get attached to the way you write, and I'm attached to notebooks. That's where I really write the plays. Just two or three pages at a time, then I transfer to the typewriter and rewrite while I type.

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

All humor is based on hostility - that's why World War Two was funny.

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.

The first book was my first attempt at writing full-length prose.

The body of a young woman is God's greatest achievement...Of course, He could have built it to last longer but you can't have everything.

You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy.