I Have My Own Religious Bond With

All Has Changed, Thanks To Joe Eszterhas' Life-threatening Battle With Throat Cancer. He Announced In "the New York Times" That He And Hollywood Had Blood On Their Hands And Now Eszterhas Is Crusading To Stop Hollywood's Glamorization Of Smoking.

There Are No Crowds Out There Demanding To See Smoking Scenes In Movies.

I Was A Militant Smoker, And In My Case, I Think I Particularly Used Smoking Because What I Felt Was A Kind Of Politically Correct Big Brother Assault On Smoking.

I Do Want To Make A Special Appeal To Women Movie Stars To, I Think, Have A Special Responsibility These Days To Stop Smoking, Not To Do It Up On Screen Because The Example That's Being Set Is Really An Awful Example.

From A Writing Point Of View, You Now Have Teams Of Screenwriters Working With A Director. What's Lost In The Process Is The Power Of That One Heart, Brain, Gut And Soul That Makes Something An Original Piece Of Writing.