I guess Requiem for a Heavyweight as old as it is was as honest a piece as I've ever done.

In almost everything I've written there is a thread of this: man's seemingly palpable need to dislike someone other than himself.

Whenever you write, whatever you write, never make the mistake of assuming the audience is any less intelligent than you are.

People are put down in television now, not because they're not qualitative, not because they're not talented - but because there's no room for them, and worse than that, there's nowhere they can find exposure. Their own good talent may die of mourning, just for want of having somebody read what they've written. I don't presume to say how we can best provide platforms for new writers to get read. I don't know. But therein lies the major problem.

I miss the comraderie of live television - the fact that you were on the set, you worked closely with the director and the cast, that I miss. But, no, I'm happy, I'm happy doing film.

Being like everybody is the same as being nobody.

You see. No shock. No engulfment. No tearing assunder. What you feared would come like an explosion is like a whisper. What you thought was the end is the beginning.