I can't imagine any director directing a screenplay of mine, because the great directors all have very personal styles, and the ones that don't are not very interesting directors.

Paranoia is knowing all the facts.

Another good thing about being poor is that when you are seventy your children will not have you declared legally insane in order to gain control of your estate.

I'm going to my psychoanalyst one more year, then I'm going to Lourdes.

I'm not a drinker, my body won't tolerate...eh...spirits, really. I had two martinis New Years Eve and I tried to hi-jack an elevator and fly it to Cuba.

I work all the time because it's a great distraction and it keeps me from sitting home and obsessing morbidly.

I always write the same way. I always write with a yellow pad and a ballpoint pen on my bed. And then I go and type it up afterwards. I've always done that. Those things become habitual.