An absolutely devastating ridicule of all that is false, primitive, and vicious in current American life: the abuses of power, hero worship, aimless violence, materialistic obsession, intolerance, and every form of hypocrisy.

For a director and a producer to be named on the writing credits is practically unheard of.

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

I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.

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.

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