Morituri non cognant, perhaps. Those who are about to die — just don't know.

The difference between me and you is that I do good fiction.

Giving your book to Hollywood is like turning your daughter over to a pimp.

Privacy and loneliness were the traditional luxuries accorded to a skipper.

Victory comes only to those prepared to make it, and take it.

I do not over-intellectualise the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.

I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.