Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.
In the old days all you needed was a handshake. Nowadays you need forty lawyers.
I don't need bodyguards.
When you run an organization like the Teamsters one man has to be the boss and run things.
A slab of bread "buttered" with lard and, if you were lucky, seasoned with salt and pepper, was a luxury.
It has to be considered damned unusual that no other union was ever investigated.
From 1955 until 1965 Jimmy Hoffa was as famous as Elvis Presley. From 1965 until 1975 Jimmy Hoffa was as famous as the Beatles.
All of the directors I've worked with I have loved and would work with again. I have no favorites.
Children's books have great potential to reveal new possibilities to readers, because the intended audience is at an age of genuine learning.
You can travel fifty thousand miles in America without once tasting a piece of good bread.
I count it as a major victory to not only be on a series that's had a full season run, but to actually be on one that's gotten picked up for a second season.