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.

There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on.

The tendency when you dictate is to overwrite, because you're not counting pages, you don't really know what the hell the page count is.

The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices . . . . And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.

Someplace between apathy and anarchy is the stance of the thinking human being; he does embrace a cause, he does take a position, and can't allow it to become business as usual. Humanity is our business.

Most shows, buying shows, have a standard fee for the first shot of the writer and if you have a very militant agent, I suppose he might jack it up four percent or something. But in essence, you sell for what is the going rate.

You unlock the door with the key of imagination.