When I started out, I was a television writer, and we wrote a television show that was on live every week. And you didn't have the luxury of coming in and waiting to be inspired. You came in and you had to write. And you wrote, because it was going to be live on the air. So I can do that.

One of the interesting things is, the most gifted people, the biggest people, have no problem taking small roles.

I have a hyper-active imagination, my mind tends to jump around a little, and I have some trouble between fantasy and reality.

I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own.

Show business is dog eat dog. It's worse than dog eat dog. It's dog doesn't return dog's phone calls.

Should I marry W.? Not if she won't tell me the other letters in her name.

The process of making films is so technically demanding that it's a distraction. You don't spend your time thinking about the philosophical content, which is often very depressing.