It is not the constitutional prerogative of the Government to determine needs.

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.

The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same).

Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"

When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry.

Forget narrative, backstory, characterisation, exposition, all of that. Just make the audience want to know what happens next.

It is the writer’s job to make the play interesting. It is the actor’s job to make the performance truthful.

Opportunity may knock, but it seldom nags.

We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.

Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah.

I can stand what I know. It's what I don't know that frightens me.

I never took a position we were going to be a good ball club. I took the position we were going to be a winning ball club.

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work.

Try LSD, 100mg intramuscular... I thought so.

Lots of comics try stuff out all year round, which is very sensible - I don't.

Follow your passion. Nothing - not wealth, success, accolades or fame - is worth spending a lifetime doing things you don't enjoy.

The trouble with illusions is that you aren't aware you have any until they are taken away from you.

We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.

Smiling away your troubles requires a clear conscience that harbors no insincerity.

If you're just sitting around home it's just too easy to sit around and smoke pot all day and never get anything done.