Sometimes we would be staked out in the middle of the river, several barges tied together. So we could party.

I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers.

I like to work at night.

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.

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

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