I've Written All That I've Wanted To

In Eleven Or Twelve Years Of Writing, Mike, I Can Lay Claim To At Least This: I Have Never Written Beneath Myself. I Have Never Written Anything That I Didn't Want My Name Attached To. I Have Probed Deeper In Some Scripts And I've Been More Successful In Some Than Others. But All Of Them That Have Been On, You Know, I'll Take My Lick. They're Mine And That's The Way I Wanted Them.

(on Being Born On Christmas Day, 1924) I Was A Christmas Present That Was Delivered Unwrapped.

I Think I'd Rather Win, For Example, A Writer's Guild Award Than Almost Anything On Earth. And The Few Nominations I've Had With The Guild, And The Few Awards I've Had, Represented To Me A Far More Legitimate Concrete Achievement Than Anything.

Justice Can Span Years. Retribution Is Not Subject To A Calendar.

The Good Agent Probably Is Not The Reader, He's Just The Guy Who Can Put Together A Deal.