Fact is we went on to do other things. But we still wanted to do our success like rock'n'roll stars.

I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer.

That's sort of what I felt... I miss drinking, I thought bars were truly holy places.

Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit.

The studios have been taken over by marketing people and accountants.

Let's make Joe Lieberman accountable for his rhetoric. Not a penny more until he 'clarifies' his position to the satisfaction of our creative freedom.

Politics has become entertainment.

I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness.

My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.

I have my own religious bond with the God in my own head.

I like a cook who smiles out loud when he tastes his own work.Let God worry about your modesty I want to see your enthusiasm.

One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age.

The three most powerful and most apparent means used by Rome to retain her power over the minds of her votaries are Ignorance, Superstition, and Persecution.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

I grew up on a dairy and beef farm.

I don't like nihilistic characters. As bad guys they're great, but as heroes they don't work.

Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink.

A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself.

In fact, all the additional knowledge gained by an irrationally constituted society may but enlarge and enhance the powers of death and destruction.

Things are in the saddle. And ride mankind.