You can become much more independent, much more courageous with a bank account. And also, much more independent and self-reliant when you know you have money behind you.

I find it very difficult to live through the censorship of profanity on television.

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

I don't feel, God dictated that I should write.

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.

How can you put out a meaningful drama when every fifteen minutes proceedings are interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits with toilet paper? No dramatic art form should be dictated and controlled by men whose training and instincts are cut of an entirely different cloth. The fact remains that these gentlemen sell consumer goods, not an art form.

Over the long haul I'd say that most directors I've worked with have been pretty sensitive to the quality of the interpreted scenes.