Hollywood is a land of self-invention.

Hollywood is a land of self-invention.

All screenwriting books are bullshit, all. Watch movies, read screenplays. Let them be your guide.

Everyday, it's about building a practice that enables you to try and forget that you're afraid.

'Write what you know' works, but it's limiting. Write what fascinates you. Write what you can't stop thinking about.

What unifies every part of my journey is I always lead with my curiosity, obsession, or fascination.

If you are rigorous in your own R&D in whatever your area is, you do your own testing, and you really stress-test the thing that you do, I think that gives you a tremendous amount of inner fortitude when you come up against the monolith.