How does gravity work? And if it were to cease suddenly, would certain restaurants still require a jacket?

The key point about a demonstration is that it must be seen. Hence the term "demonstration." If a person demonstrates privately in his own home, this is not technically a demonstration but merely "acting silly" or "behaving like an ass.

We laughed over it, and Hemingway punched me in the mouth.

I'm giving [my analyst] one more year--then I'm going to Lourdes.

I have great faith in the actors. When they improvise, it always sounds better than the stuff I write in my bedroom. When they improvise, they make it sound alive.

I am told the settlement of $5 million I am being paid is the largest amount ever paid under the New York right to privacy law

I've always had an easy time directing actors because I always hire ones that are great before I get my hands on them.