Does art imitate life, or does life imitate TV?

Abysmal vermin that I am, I couldn't of course tell her that it was her incredible mother that I wanted to see again… I knew only as I drove through the cold, night autumn air that somewhere Freud, Sophocles and Eugene O’Neill were laughing.

You make films whether they're dramas or comedies about neurotic people. Flawed people. Interesting personality traits. To make them about calm, stable untroubled people isn't interesting.

How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?

Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue.

I loathed every day and regret every day I spent in school. I like to be taught to read and write and add and then be left alone.

Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.