Suddenly, One Day, There Was This Thing

Eat Every Meal As If It's Your Last; When The Last One Comes, You Probably Won't Be Very Hungry.

[on The Screenplay For "when Harry Met Sally"] It Struck Me That The Movies Had Spent More Than Half A Century Saying, "they Lived Happily Ever After" And The Following Quarter Century Warning That They'll Be Lucky To Make It Through The Weekend. Possibly Now We Are Now Entering A Third Era In Which The Movies Will Be Sounding A Note Of Cautious Optimism: You Know, It Just Might Work.

With Any Child Entering Adolescence, One Hunts For Signs Of Health, Is Desperate For The Smallest Indication That The Child's Problems Will Never Be Important Enough For A Television Movie.

Getting Older Means You Don't Have To Shave Your Legs Anymore.

You Do Get To A Certain Point In Life Where You Have To Realistically, I Think, Understand That The Days Are Getting Shorter, And You Can't Put Things Off Thinking You'll Get To Them Someday. If You Really Want To Do Them, You Better Do Them. There Are Simply Too Many People Getting Sick, And Sooner Or Later You Will. So I'm Very Much A Believer In Knowing What It Is That You Love Doing So You Can Do A Great Deal Of It.