In Hollywood Through The 50s,

I Think That Finding A Way Into Somebody's Life That's Sort Of Off From A Side Angle Can Tell You More About That Person Than A Greatest Hits Approach.

I Had A Couple Of Movies That I Was Passionately Involved With That I Could Never Get Made. 'richard Pryor,' I Wrote For - Gosh - Over A Year. That Was Close To Getting Made For Two-and-a-half Years After That. We're Still Pushing It, You Know. It Is Weird. Suddenly You Wake Up And It's Like, 'god, Five Years Have Gone By.

We Knew That There Was A Certain Kind Of Interest In Whale Among A Genre Crowd.

Problems Emerge And Some People Try To Sweep Them Under The Rug.

No Piece Of Writing Is Ever Finished. It’s Just Due.