A word to the wise to all the children of the twentieth century, whether their concern be pediatrics or geriatrics, whether they crawl on hands and knees and wear diapers or walk with a cane and comb their beards. There's a wondrous magic to Christmas, and there's a special power reserved for little people. In short, there's nothing mightier than the meek, and a merry Christmas to each and all.

There are millions of ways to not be writing. You say you're not in the mood, you'll pick it up tomorrow.

I'm an affluent screenwriter and all that - I'm a known screenwriter, but I'm not in the fraternity of the very, very major people. I would say a guy like Ernie Lehman, William Goldman, and a few others are quite a cut above.

The good agent probably is not the reader, he's just the guy who can put together a deal.

I found that it was all right to have Martians saying things Democrats and Republicans could never say.

Do I want to start my own production company? No, I doubt it. I'm too old for that. I don't want to start anything.

Personally, my daughter's wedding gave me a tremendous pleasure.