"I like to be the right thing at the wrong time. Being the right thing at the right time is too easy."

"I'm not a real writer. I'm a commercial writer."

"What's great about this country is America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you can know …"

"It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since the 20s."

"I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning."