I was like a well trained pianist who knows which note to hit, but can't make the music his own.

'Breaking Bad.' Because it's the best American narrative fiction of the last ten years.

That's our plan? We're going to walk fifty kilometers, right past the Germans, to a poultry collective that maybe didn't get burned down, grab a dozen eggs, and come home?" "Well, anything would sound ridiculous if said it in that tone of voice." "Tone of....I'm asking you a question!

You're a writer. Make it up.

This is good, life must continue, we are fighting barbarians, but we must remain human.

The longer you work in this business [movie], the more you start to be able to see the carpentry. You can see where things are going, and it's harder to surprise you, as a reader

I think, in a weird way, the reason I was drawn to screenwriting and the reason I really love doing it is because I love writing dialogue.