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.

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

I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.

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

After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector.

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

It's often the case with directors that they don't like to share credit, which is the case of Stanley. He would prefer just A Film By Stanley Kubrick including music and everything.