Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

Randolph," he said, "were you ever as young as me?" And Randolph said: "I was never so old.

You can't blame a writer for what the characters say.

Let's take everything just as it is.

Norman Mailer thinks William Burroughs is a genius, which I think is ludicrous beyond words. I don't think William Burroughs has an ounce of talent.

All writing, all art, is an act of faith. If one tries to contribute to human understanding, how can that be called decadent? It's like saying a declaration of love is an act of decadence. Any work of art, provide it springs from a sincere motivation to further understanding between people, is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love.

Of course, at their best, movies are anti-literature and, as a medium, belong not to writers, not to actors, but to directors.