Innocence Ends When One Is Stripped Of

California: The West Coast Of Iowa.

Lancaster, California ... That Promised Land Sometimes Called 'the West Coast Of Iowa.

Outside, A Ceiling Of Pearly Gray Clouds Coalesced Over Manhattan, And The Apartment Had Grown Dark. It Just Keeps Dripping. It's Been Like This All Week, .. Rain Would Be A Relief.

When I Am Near The End Of A Book, I Have To Sleep In The Same Room With It.

Before I'd Written Movies, I Never Could Do Big Set-piece Scenes With A Lot Of Different Speakers - When You've Got Twelve People Around A Dinner Table Talking At Cross Purposes. I Had Always Been Impressed By Other People's Ability To Do That.