Grossing Out dealt with the western nations selling arms to the Third World and exploiting these countries.

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.

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

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.

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

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