I don't know what my friends do. Generally they become producers. That way they can stop writing!

I'd rather go along with this sense of illusion that I'm a neutral beast going along through life doing everything that's preordained.

I don't believe in reincarnation. That's a cop-out, I know. I don't really want to be reincarnated.

I find dictating in the mass media particularly good because you're writing for voice anyway; you're writing for people to say a line and, consequently, saying a line through a machine is quite a valid test for the validity of what you're saying.

for civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized.

I couldn't direct because I'm too impatient and I couldn't put together a package because I don't understand money. I'd rather just do what I'm doing.

I've never planned ahead.I just sort of go through life checking the menu of three meals that day. I never worry about tomorrow. It's only since I've gotten older that I've begun to wonder about time running out. Is it sufficient unto itself that I don't plan? Because maybe next Thursday won't come one day. And then, I'm concerned about that. But that's not uniquely the writer's concern, that's the concern of every middle-aged man who looks in the mirror.