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.

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.

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.

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

An angel has no memory.

I learned not to care ... and to write for an imaginary reader whose tastes were similar to my own.

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