Rewriting is when writing really gets to be fun. . . . In baseball you only get three swings and you're out. In rewriting, you get almost as many swings as you want and you know, sooner or later, you'll hit the ball.

I don't use computers... I'm someone who needs to see the page right away in my hand.

Gee, what a terrific party. Later on we'll get some fluid and embalm each other.

I never write a play with an eye to film.

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

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

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