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 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.

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

I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime.

Where are they, the American fiction writers whose works are interested in the question “What do these people have to do with us?” and “What are we doing out there in the world?

COINS are for LAZY PEOPLE to DECIDE and for WISE MEN to INVEST.

The natural desire of good men is knowledge.

Everybody should have a documentary made about themselves. It's amazing what you see and what you learn.

"I forgot that's what gets you all hot and bothered, Jace, girls killing things." "I like anyone killing things, especially me." he said with a smile.

There is nothing more attractive than a nice smile

I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider.

All people seem to want to talk about is the current Ashes series, and whether England are going to reverse the trend of recent series.

We're translating the Kama Sutra," Barrons said, with interactive aids.

Kissing is something that everybody does!