Many Wonderful, Creative People Have Won Oscars,

Anybody Who Comes To The Cinema Is Bringing They're Whole Sexual History, Their Literary History, Their Movie Literacy, Their Culture, Their Language, Their Religion, Whatever They've Got. I Can't Possibly Manipulate All Of That, Nor Do I Want To.

Everybody's A Mad Scientist, And Life Is Their Lab.

But When You're Writing A Script - For Me Anyway - You Have To Sort Of Create An Enforced Innocence. You Have To Divest Yourself Of Worrying About A Lot Of Stuff Like What Movies Are Hot, What Movies Are Not Hot, What The Budget Of This Movie Might Be.

Sex Is The Invention Of A Very Clever Venereal Disease.

I Like To Laze Around. I Think That's A Huge Part Of Creativity. You Have To Let Your Mind Relax And Then Another Part Of Your Brain Suddenly Connects With The Solution You're Trying To Find.