Quotes About Author

I had originally been looking at writing, including fiction.

I'm a Jersey kid originally, and I went to Ramapo State College. That was back in '78.

My early life had a lot to do with my origins as a writer, but I didn't get into doing any writing at all until I was about 35 years old.

The head of ISIS called for attacks during the season of Ramadan, which is what you have seen both in Orlando and now in Istanbul at the airport.

Orlando has a very nice arena. It doesn't seem like you're encased in concrete there. It is very comfortable.

I love New Orleans. I did a movie there right before Katrina.

I've always had an interest in Louisiana, especially New Orleans.

I got my start in small dive bars in New Orleans.

MS Dhoni is a massive influence on the team. He is a living legend in the dressing room and an ornament to the game.

I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans.

I went to an Orthodox Jewish children's home that became an orphanage.

One of my favorite books is 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' by George Orwell, and 'Catcher in the Rye,' obviously, is a big influence and is one of my favorites.

Orwell has always been a huge influence on me.

I've always been interested in those Orwellian dystopian novels, like 'Fahrenheit 451,' 'Brave New World,' and obviously Orwell's '1984.'

George Orwell is half journalist, half fiction writer. I'm 100 percent fiction writer... I don't want to write messages. I want to write good stories. I think of myself as a political person, but I don't state my political messages to anybody.

Orwell had a very accurate foresight of today's dystopian world we live in. If only he was around to see it.

There's a lot of money in doing score music. You can get a chance to get nominated for an Oscar; I would love to get nominated again.

I adapted an O. Henry short story called 'By Courier,' which got nominated for a Best Short Subject Oscar.

I love Oscar Wilde, still the wittiest writer of anyone, dead or living.

I was very anxious when I was writing 'Oscar And Lucinda.' I would take other books off the shelf to check my chapter length was OK.

The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is that I had the opportunity to do that kind of work.

The Academy and the Oscars have been very gracious to me.

I once kissed a boy at my first job because he offered to record the Oscars for me.

For me to think in terms of employing security seems ostentatious.