Occupation: Screenwriter Birth: December 25, 1924 Death: June 28, 1975
Bias and prejudice make me angry...more than anything..
I guess Requiem for a Heavyweight as old as it is was as honest a piece as I've ever done..
I'm afraid that if I started to ponder who I am and what I am, I might not like what I find..
Writing is a demanding profession and a selfish one. And because it is selfish and demanding, because it is compulsive and exacting, I didn't embrace….
Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible..
Apparently on the screen I look tall, ageless, and damned close to omniscient-delivering jeopardy-laden warnings through gritted teeth. But when peop….
Do I want to start my own production company? No, I doubt it. I'm too old for that. I don't want to start anything..
I guess we all have a little vaunting itch for immortality, I guess that must be it..
I don't believe in reincarnation. That's a cop-out. . . . I anticipate death will be a totally unconscious void in which you float through eternity w….
Infinitely more taboos, on television..
I don't believe in reincarnation. That's a cop-out, I know. I don't really want to be reincarnated..
(on being born on Christmas Day, 1924) I was a Christmas present that was delivered unwrapped..
You must always assume that the relationship between writer and producer is that of adversaries - however you slice it. They may be your dearest frie….
Good evening, and welcome to a private showing of three paintings, displayed here for the first time. Each is a collectors' item in its own way - not….
When I dig back through memory cells, I get one particularly distinctive feeling-and that's one of warmth, comfort and well-being. For whatever else ….
You're looking at a species of flimsy little two-legged animals with extremely small heads whose name is Man...Very tiny undeveloped brain; comes fro….
The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudice….
Just drawing back and drawing in; becoming narcissistic..
Not since the British raided Cologne had so many bombs landed in such a small space in such a short time..
The most important thing about the first sale is for the very first time in your life something written has value and proven value because somebody h….
You can become much more independent, much more courageous with a bank account. And also, much more independent and self-reliant when you know you ha….