The point is always reached after which the gods no longer share their lives with mortal men and women, they die or wither away or retire... Now that they've gone, the high drama's over. What remains is ordinary human life.

Nobody wants to read a 600 page book in which the author is fabulous throughout.

Rock n' roll was a kid when I was a kid.

You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.

Religion is responsible for a lot of the problems in the history of the world and it's not something that I practice or recommend, but to each his own.

When you're writing for the screen, you have to be hyper-conscious every moment of how the audience is going to react. If you write just one scene where the audience is confused or it breaks their concentration in some way, then you've lost them, and you might never get them back.

What kind of Christmas present would Jesus ask Santa for?