If you respect the events and respect the real life tragedy, you can drive your film to address it in some mature way.
If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!
My biggest critics have never read me.
I woke up last night and thought: 'I must call somebody in my next novel Casablanca. ' It's such a great name. I don't want to call anybody Fred or Jane or Susan, so when three people get into bed together, you don't know who they are.
I'm a storyteller; I write what I want to read.
Men are cheaters. Women are not to be trusted. And most people are dumb.
I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They tell me what to do; they take me on a wild and wonderful trip.
Confidence is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life.
To be a Naturalist is better than to be a King.
There's something about sitting alone in the dark that reminds you how big the world really is, and how far apart we all are.
What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.