All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

Key West for me was a tropical island paradise.

I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.

Never say never Never is a long, undependable time, and life is too full of rich possibilities to have restrictions placed upon it.

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book.

Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there was nothing of the temperamental artist about him.

Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy.

I think all this talk about age is foolish. Every time I'm one year older, everyone else is too.

Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you don't eat.

Nobody gets anything for nothing.

The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down sinners.

The first thing I ever learned in roller derby is to fall, and in the author world I believe that same rule applies.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet everything happens only a certain number of times. And a very small number really.

"Homicide: Life on the Street" is the best material I've had the chance to do.

I don't like to spend money when I'm traveling. I like to go places like Hawaii and not spend money. I splurge on time.

True fulfillment in life doesnt come from what we get, it comes from what we give

I just strive to do better. Every time I meet somebody, I ask myself, "How can I help this person?"

Where two take counsel there is no lack of plans.

You know, sound was still a fairly new thing when I came into movies. And the reason musicals happened is because of sound. They could put music in the picture! That's how it all began.

I don't really look for challenges as much as I like adventures. Other than that I'm just trying to find stories I want to tell.