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.

[Marlon] Brando was the only guy who could step out of that shadow at the end of that movie and be worth the wait.

Friends don't let Jackasses drink and drive.

Aren't you getting tired of people hating one another? What do they think they get out of it?

I'm told we movie critics praise movies that are long and boring.

When I write, I fall into the zone many writers, painters, musicians, athletes, and craftsmen of all sorts seem to share: In doing something I enjoy and am expert at, deliberate thought falls aside and it is all just THERE. I think of the next word no more than the composer thinks of the next note.

Valentines Day is being marketed as a Date Movie. I think its more of a First-Date Movie. If your date likes it, do not date that person again. And if you like it, there may not be a second date.