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I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer.

I have never been on the trail of developers or contractors.

I didn't have a big-time contract out of college like most athletes. In fact I had no contract at all.

I never set out to be a published writer.

At first I wanted to be a jockey. I rode horses in Cleveland but I kept falling off and I was afraid of horses. So there wasn't much of a future in it.

I've never committed to a role without a script.

I don't pitch for contracts.

We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven years.

I've never signed any contract and never received a cent from Iraq.

I bought a racehorse, Tropical Saint, that belonged to the Queen Mother. I used to go down to Banbury and watch him train, but during a televised race, his jockey pulled up and said there was something wrong. They put him in the grass to try and settle him but found him dead in the field.