Writing on a contract for a major studio you get the very best.

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

You can't do the end of the world in a conventionally dramatic way or Boy Meets Girl way.

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

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.

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