Yesterday, I did some painting then went out to buy an onion and came home and watched 'University Challenge.' The onion was probably the highlight.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I wrote The Onion Field, I realized that my first two novels were just practice.
It had more layers than an onion. These writers meant business. There was a level for everybody. Your major could be celestial mechanics, and there'd be celestial-mechanics jokes.
When I got to college, as I was walking across campus one day, I ripped off a little flyer for this sketch-comedy group. It ended up being one of the greatest things I've ever done.
The Onion Field made a real writer. And then I knew it was over, I couldn't be a cop anymore.
I opened up every can of worms I could. I got to the place where I would peel back one layer, and then another layer, and the stuff that would come up underneath was so inspiring, it made me want to write about it.
We're producing a movie now, 'The Onion' Movie, and it's very difficult for me to be on the set. If I'm not right in the trenches, it's very difficult for me to watch another director, because I'm not involved and it's not exciting.
People were going to geometry class and I was swimming through vats of chili on 'Even Stevens.' It was like a dream!
My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am.
The Onion Field, that one got pretty close to me because I was a cop when it happened. I saw some of the indifference that my police department showed to the surviving officer.
An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
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