I know an awful lot of Hollywood people, who are so self-important, I can't understand it.

I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.

Oh yeah, I was one of the first guys writing comic books, I wrote Captain America, with guys like Stan Lee, who became famous later on with Marvel Comics.

It takes more to make a scandal in Hollywood than Jared Paul Stern . Hollywood has looser ethical guidelines. People get gratuitous [movie] producer contracts just to keep relationships going and they don't pretend there are no conflicts of interest. Nobody makes any bones that it's a mad scramble for sex, power and money.

Those big-shot writers could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar

Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.