“The charm of smoking a cigarette from the point of view of the people who smoked them, and I was one of those people for many, many years, is an amazing pleasure and a hit that some people say, and I've never done heroin, but some people say that it rivals the heroin hit, so there is that pleasure. The-it kills you the same way that heroin kills you.” PeopleWayYearsDonePleasureViewsPoint Of ViewCharmSmokingCigaretteRivalsHeroin Author:Joe Eszterhas
“Assuming that all bad girls smoke. I don't think so. I've been around a lot of bad girls who don't smoke, you know, so I think it's easy to put a cigarette into, you know, into anyone's hands and say, well that makes them a bad boy or a bad girl. There are many more creative ways from a writerly point of view to do that.” ThinkingKnowsWayWellsHandsGirlEasyViewsBoysCreativeAssumingPoint Of ViewSmokeCigaretteBad BoyBad Girl Author:Joe Eszterhas
“Before I would view Rob Reiner as this really annoying pest. Every time he'd come on TV or talking about smoking, I found my blood pressure go up. I just met-really met Rob for the first time last week and told him how much I admire him. He's done more than anyone else in the industry.” FirstsDoneLastsFoundViewsTalkingBloodWeekTvsIndustryMetsFirst TimePressureAdmireSmokingAnnoyingBlood PressurePests Author:Joe Eszterhas
“From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is the power of that one heart, brain, gut and soul that makes something an original piece of writing.” WritingHeartSoulLostProcessViewsBrainPiecesTeamDirectorsOriginalsPoint Of ViewGutsScreenwriters Author:Joe Eszterhas