He's too nervous to kill himself. He wears his seat belt in a drive-in movie.

If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.

I understand. You work very hard two days a week and you need a five-day weekend. That's normal.

[When you write a play] you walk into a forest without a knife, without a compass. But . . . if you have a sense of geography, you find that you're clearing a path and getting to the right place.

Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.

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

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.