An angel has no memory.

Someone wrote a piece about Henry Green in The Partisan Review that was so intriguing that I got one of his novels, Loving, I believe, which was the first that came to attention in the United States.

The Loved One has been the most underrated film I've worked on.

Writing on a contract for a major studio you get the very best.

For a director and a producer to be named on the writing credits is practically unheard of.

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.

David Burnett was the son of Martha Foley, who edited the Best American Short Stories series. She hired me to work with David and her to read stories for the anthology.