When I finally made it to the set, I spent a lot of time doing damage control on The Magic Christian.

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.

I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers.

Peter Beard is one of those people I've known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values.

It was a good experience working with Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda.

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

In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer.