If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been skewed toward violence and vulgar teen comedy.

When I am writing my problems become invisible and I am the same person I always was. All is well. I am as I should be.

What I believe is that all clear-minded people should remain two things throughout their lifetimes: Curious and teachable.

A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not so noble needs and desires: They just go to action pictures, and things like that.

It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality.

I am informed that 5,000 cockroaches were used in the filming of Joe's Apartment. That depresses me, but not as much as the news that none of them were harmed during the production.

One, don't wait for inspiration, just start the damned thing. Two, once you begin, keep on until the end. How do you know how the story should begin until you find out where it's going?