There's a lot of crap out there. Most of the science fiction films alone are abominations, you know. They're mindless. So you can't learn from those kinds of films.

A conglomerate heap of trash, that's what I am. But it burns with a high flame.

The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.

I don't believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously.

I've never worked a day in my life. The joy of writing has propelled me from day to day and year to year. I want you to envy me, my joy. Get out of here tonight and say: 'Am I being joyful?' And if you've got a writer's block, you can cure it this evening by stopping whatever you're writing and doing something else. You picked the wrong subject.

People try to force things. It's disastrous. Just leave your mind alone. Your intuition knows what it wants to write, so get out of the way.

My goal is to entertain myself and others.