I was very vulnerable to criticism for many years. I could read a bad review and remember it my whole life.

Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.

You know, you're really nobody in L.A. unless you live in a house with a really big door.

I handed in a script last year and the studio didn't change one word. The word they didn't change was on page 87.

What means the most to me changes through the years. There was a time when movies meant the most. But when I'm concentrating on a project, that's what means the most to me.

Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.

Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!