If the producer doesn't like you, consequently he reads the script with a very negative view. But I wouldn't preoccupy myself with that, I don't give a damn. You can be a hunchback and a dwarf and whatall.

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.

I was deeply interested in conveying what is a deeply felt conviction of my own. This is simply to suggest that human beings must involve themselves in the anguish of other human beings. This, I submit to you, is not a political thesis at all. It is simply an expression of what I would hope might be ultimately a simple humanity for humanity's sake.

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 write much better in the nonconfines of the early morning than I do the clutter of the day.

The good agent probably is not the reader, he's just the guy who can put together a deal.

All the Dachaus must remain standing.