I like writing because you can make things happen and turn out the way they never do in real life.

As you get older, all those dumb clichés, they're all true. You only have a certain amount of time left, and you should only spend it doing the things that you want to do. It's all true.

I love working with my dad, but I need to be independent and do my own stuff.

For me, if I had all the money in the world, and I could finance my own films, I would do whatever.

I think for every parent, they know their kids better than anybody else, and they have to just trust their own instincts.

Most people are in marriages, and there are very few movies made about what it really is like to be married for a length of time. You always show the romantic part and all that. Or the divorce, and the horrible split, and the guy's having an affair, or she's having an affair, and they're going to get split up, whatever. But very few people just look at what actually happens in a marriage.

I've known Alan Zweibel since 1975, and I've always had this sneaking suspicion that he might possess a sense of humor. After reading CLOTHING OPTIONAL, I'm almost sure he does.