He who hesitates is poor.

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.

Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you’ve gotta perform them and/or direct them, or sometimes just produce them.

A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity. We’re all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote.

It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.