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Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying.

Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying. I've never been happier.

Deliverance is about what I went through the first time. And I chalk it up as a learning experience.

Along with its enchanting and exquisite melodies, West Side Story has attitude and a tremendous amount of frenetic energy. It's emotional, theatrical and technical. It's everything.

Something like 'Without a Paddle' does really well at the box office and I'm like, 'Oh, here we go.' In 'Without a Paddle' I'm the romantic lead - great! A comedy and that's what America wants. Then it did nothing for me and I went into kind-of a work abyss. I just didn't get another shot.

While the subject matter of my novels could not be further removed from the stuff I used to trot out at the Comedy Store, the delivery of the material employs many of the same techniques.

There is a musical rhythm to great writing, especially if it's performed correctly.

Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist.