Ideas are born from what is smelled, heard, seen, experienced, felt, emotionalized.

Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse.

If it sounds good as you say it, likely as not it'll sound good when an actor's saying it.

There are a lot I'm proud of, and a lot I wish the hell I'd never written.

All the Dachaus must remain standing.

I don't think it's man's function to write. I don't think it's a normal thing like teeth-brushing and going to the bathroom. It's a supered position on the animal.

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