But, I think that the reason I responded to this book, sort of paradoxically, is that it starts out like The Big Chill, sort of. Four friends, who are not quite happy with their life, and every year they get…

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And you know, when you take on something like this, you read a book like...

And you know, when you take on something like this, you read a book like...

You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man.

You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man.

With Westerns you have the landscape is important, and it's empty, and only you populate...

With Westerns you have the landscape is important, and it's empty, and only you populate...

I tell you, I feel like a real novice as far as horror goes.

I tell you, I feel like a real novice as far as horror goes.

The great thing about Stephen is that he sees the movie as a separate thing,...

The great thing about Stephen is that he sees the movie as a separate thing,...

Almost every other Western in the last ten years has failed, since Dances with Wolves.

Almost every other Western in the last ten years has failed, since Dances with Wolves.

I want everything I do to have humor in it, because it seems to me...

I want everything I do to have humor in it, because it seems to me...

I loved Alien, and I loved Carrie, and I loved The Exorcist - those were...

I loved Alien, and I loved Carrie, and I loved The Exorcist - those were...

What you hope for, like Unforgiven did a lot to give you a chance to...

What you hope for, like Unforgiven did a lot to give you a chance to...

I didn't really want to do another sequel. I go to those movies, and I...

I didn't really want to do another sequel. I go to those movies, and I...

It's hard enough to get any movie made, and when you take on these tough...

It's hard enough to get any movie made, and when you take on these tough...

The movies that made me want to make movies were action movies, and thrillers, and...

The movies that made me want to make movies were action movies, and thrillers, and...

Any story that Billy Wilder told, you can tell in a Western.

Any story that Billy Wilder told, you can tell in a Western.

But, George and Steven asked me to write the Indiana Jones sequels, and I didn't...

But, George and Steven asked me to write the Indiana Jones sequels, and I didn't...

That was certainly true the first time, when I did Body Heat, the first movie...

That was certainly true the first time, when I did Body Heat, the first movie...

You know, Stephen says, in the movies no one ever goes to the bathroom. They...

You know, Stephen says, in the movies no one ever goes to the bathroom. They...

I really liked Carrie a lot. That was one of Brian De Palma's best movies.

I really liked Carrie a lot. That was one of Brian De Palma's best movies.

Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.

Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.

I mean, I really liked those guys and the experience of doing Raiders was really...

I mean, I really liked those guys and the experience of doing Raiders was really...