Standing on a ledge again. Everyone laughs at dancing monkey with the typewriter. Not for long, though.

It's always painful when you're writing memoirs because you've got to go through the dark places, but it gives you a chance to find out the person you really are, not the person you thought you were.

Evan Handler's new book is simply wonderful. He pulls you inside his life, and you come out his very close friend.

There's no such thing as a sure thing. That's why they call it gambling.

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.

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

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