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

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

Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count.

I never write a play with an eye to film.

Writers feel like a middleman, standing with pen in hand over the page. A force greater than me stands above telling me what to write. That may sound romantic, but that's how it feels.

New York is not Mecca. It just smells like it.

Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.