I never really saw myself as writing science fiction anyway.

Something like The Haunting is not worth the slightest consideration from me.

People who believe in flying saucers are the scrapings from the bottom.

You get to Hollywood and you are in the land of big money where they don't like to see only one screenwriter's name. It's much better if you've got four or five.

I don't judge other people's work and I don't see enough of it either.

I made a rule for myself that the only television things I would do would be my own stories.

All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about.

I reckon I closed down at least two films companies, one of which was in Ealing in the mid 1950s.

Big Brother sounded like a silly stunt and that's what it is.

I wanted to write a story that demanded the viewer's attention.

I'm in my 80s and not a keen television fan.

when you shoot for the stars, you can't ever look back.

To be the best in your field is a great ambition, and requires discipline and a huge amount of effort. The athletes who possess this drive are the ones I am attracted to.

A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.

I have to be careful to get out before I become the grotesque caricature of a hatchet-faced woman with big knockers.

If someone remembers me as a coach, they still call me 'Coach,' but if they know me for the video game, they just call me 'Madden.'

Your style is formed by what you can't do.

India must learn to live before she can aspire to die for humanity.

The biggest challenge I think every publisher is facing is how do we get readers to pay for content? So we're constantly testing, trying new things.

Before I would hurt a child, I would slit my wrists.

That's the nice thing about this job. You get to quote yourself shamelessly. If you don't, Larry Speakes will.