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"The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff."
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"I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me."

"I don't think there's a back lot here in Hollywood anymore that has those streets, like a French Quarter."

"Generally, Hollywood makes the same stories over and over. I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project."
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"Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be launched into the light of day."

"Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent."

"I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying."

"My six handbooks to Jewish life and lifecycle events mostly followed the trajectory of my adult Jewish life."

"One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked."

"I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love."

"My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12."
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