“In order to have a change of fortune at the last minute, you have to take your fortune to the last minute.”

“He needed time to adjust to real life, where heroes and villains could not be told apart by their looks or their accents, where there were no last minute reversals of fortune.”

“Wealth means nothing at all if you do not know, to the last penny, what your fortune is. You might as well be poor if you do not know what you have.”

“Directors are always changing things at the last minute. Actors will do a scene, and the director will say, ‘Okay, that was perfect, but this time, Bob, instead of saying “What’s for dinner?” you say, “Wait a minute! Benzene is actually a hydrocarbon!” And say it with a Norwegian accent. Also, we think maybe your character should have no arms.”

“You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood. What mood is that? Last-minute panic.”

“...and for the last three minutes on the wind of a windless day I have heard the sound of drums and flute...”