I would guess that the price of the script really is secondary. The credit is much more the essence.

I'm sufficiently independent to know that I can live well and comfortably all the rest of my life whether I'm rejected or not.

Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse.

The writer's role is to menace the public's conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and he must focus on the issues of his time.

There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition.

Infinitely more taboos, on television.

If you have the temerity to try to dramatize a theme that involves any particular social controversy currently extant. . . then you're in deep trouble.