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.

I don't have close relationships with agents. They're friends, but they're not confidants.

You must always assume that the relationship between writer and producer is that of adversaries - however you slice it. They may be your dearest friends, and they'll invite you to dinner, but when all the smoke clears and the ozone lifts, your enemy is the producer, that's the guy you're competing with, and you have to battle him, just as if you were an adversary.

Somehow, some way, incredibly enough, good writing ultimately gets recognized. If you're a really good writer and deserve that honored position, then by God, you'll write, and you'll be read.

Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.

I've written all that I've wanted to write to date.

We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think.