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 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.

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

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

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.

In the case of The Loved One, I was hired to collaborate on an updated version of the book.