I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.

I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers.

When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor.

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.

I'm not interested in attacking, I'm interested in astonishing.

Someone wrote a piece about Henry Green in The Partisan Review that was so intriguing that I got one of his novels, Loving, I believe, which was the first that came to attention in the United States.

There is no power on earth that can loosen a man's grip on his own throat

In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer.

You can't do the end of the world in a conventionally dramatic way or Boy Meets Girl way.

When I finally made it to the set, I spent a lot of time doing damage control on The Magic Christian.

After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector.

I guess my claim to fame is I've now gaveled Ted Kennedy to order twice.

I'm very optimistic. I think if you would describe me, my pretty consistent affect is that I'm a pretty happy person.

If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I'd call.

I was pretty tough and serious in my 20s.

In adversity be spirited and firm, and with equal prudence lessen your sail when filled with a too fortunate gale of prosperity.

I seen a pig so big it’d block out the sun.

It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means.

As a mayor, I don't make my decisions based upon whether it is a "Democrat" issue. You make your decisions based upon the people you represent as a city to move our city forward.

I don't consider myself an offensive guy. I am just a harmless lovable little fuzzball.

Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.