I learned a few things on my own since, and modified some of the things he taught me, but everything, unequivocally, that I learned about comedy writing I learned from Danny Simon.

My films are misinterpreted all the time. I don't mind that. Everybody's films are misinterpreted. But there's no malice or stupidity in the people that misinterpret them. You know what you do, but someone else sees it, and they want to talk about it or write about it, and so they misinterpret them.

I'm at the stage of life when if a girl says no to me I'm profoundly grateful to her.

When I'm not working, I think and I think when I get depressed.

I don't believe in competition for artistic things. I just like the atmosphere of the Cannes festival. I don't want to win anything or lose anything.

Manute Bol is so skinny they save money on road trips. They just fax him from city to city.

I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.