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I used to eat lunch with Billy Wilder when I first came out here.

I love Billy Wilder, and I love the way that his films can be very touching and very moving and very romantic, and at the same time there's always a little cynical undertone, there's always something that undercuts things.

I was at dinner with Gene Wilder and imitated Ethel Barrymore for everyone.

There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one.

I loved writing fiction. I mean, once I found the character, or the characters, and knew who they were and knew their back-stories, it really - I mean, I went into my studio every day, thinking, 'What's gonna happen to Billy today?'

I knew Hunter Thompson since the '70s, and I loved him, but he would wear me out as I got older.

I think a lot of people thought my career started with Butch Cassidy.

I knew David Benioff a bit socially. I knew his wife, Amanda Peet. He's a smart guy, so I always sought him out at dinner parties.