If You Write A Movie For Roger

The Media In America Has Become So Cowed And Compromised.

As A Screenwriter I'm Often Writing In Genres Where There Have Been Thousands Of Movies; Whereas When I Direct Movies They Tend To Be In Between Genres. They Tend To Have A Little Bit Of A Genre To Them, But They're Really About The People, And They're People We Haven't Met Before.

I Don't Have A Social Agenda. I Just Don't Choose To Ignore What's In Front Of Me.

It's A Mixed Crowd At The Dogs - Black, White, Hispanic - But To Walt They All Look Like Jackie Gleason. Heavyset Guys With Big Plans And Polyester Souls.

I Remember Being Out Here At The Sunset Marquis, And Whoever Knocked On The Door, I Would Take That Picture That I Was Writing And I Would Put That In The Typewriter, So When I Had The Meeting, They Would Say: 'oh, You're Working On It Right Now?'