Put. That coffee. Down. Coffee's for closers only.

We're all put to the test... but it never comes in the form or at the point we would prefer, does it?

If the scene bores you when you read it, rest assured it WILL bore the actors, and will then bore the audience, and we're all going to be back in the breadline.

Storytelling is like sex. We all do it naturally. Some of us are better at it than others.

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.

You can't write about history without writing about politics at some point. History is about movements of people. 'What is criminality and what is government' is a theme that runs through every history.

If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals, and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes, and yet the government, of course, is arming criminals.