Paddy Chayefsky

I'm a man without a corporation.

Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work.

You don't send a man to his death because you want a hero.

Australians and the British are very similar: If you try and stand out in any way, and you try to reach for success, someone is gonna be there to cut you down.

The idea of progress - the notion that human history is the history of human betterment - dominated the world view of the West between the Enlightenment and the First World War.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.