They say the movies should be more like life. I think life should be more like the movies.

Film is a collaborative business: bend over.

Not everyone who wants to make a film is crazy, but almost everyone who is crazy wants to make a film.

There's a standard formula for success in the entertainment medium, and this is: 'Beat it to death if it succeeds.'

If I could change one thing about this industry, I would skip the part where you have to demonstrate to people dumber than you that you are talented and worthy of their time and money.

If you can tune into the fantasy life of an eleven-year-old girl, you can make a fortune in the film business.

Screenwriting is an opportunity to fly first class, be treated like a celebrity, sit around the pool and be betrayed.

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

Hollywood - it's either people who are unhappy or soon will be.

Every year you work in Hollywood takes a year off your soul.