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.

I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.

I like to work at night.

When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor.

Grossing Out dealt with the western nations selling arms to the Third World and exploiting these countries.

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 don't know why, but I always feel a kind of necessity to write things that are beyond acceptance, that are too offensive or something. For people to read them and say, Ha-ha-ha, very funny. No, we can't print that.