I knew I could only play Cyrano if he were Americanized. I had no intention of writing the script myself. I was afraid of it. You're playing with fire when you tamper with a classic. So I went looking for a writer. But it was such a personal idea, and anyone I would give it to would make it his own. It's hard to ask Neil Simon to write your idea.

I think when the movie `Roxanne' came out, which I also had written, I felt something new that I never felt, which was respect.

Relationships end, but they don't end your life. But people do often spending more time finding out about failed relationships than finding successful ones.

I'm not trying to be a big shot or anything like that, but I get my drinks half price.

To be with another woman, that is French. To be caught, that is American.

The self-prepared dinner is a great time killer for lonely people and as much time should be spent on it as possible.

The Apple Pie Hubbub was a significant novel for me, because that's when I first started using verbs.