A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.

Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"

Train yourself for a profession that does not exist.

The so-called assault weapons ban is a hoax. It is a political appeal to the ignorant. The guns it supposedly banned have been illegal for 78 years. Did the ban make them 'more' illegal? The ban addresses only the appearance of weapons, not their operation.

If you're writing an opinion piece, it's your job to write your opinion. If, on the other hand, you wrote a novel, as Virginia Woolf tells us, it would be inappropriate if you let your novel be influenced by your political opinions.

It's hard to write a good play because it's hard to structure a plot. If you can think of it off the top of your head, so can the audience.

I love all insider memoirs. It doesn't matter whether it's truck-drivers or doctors. I think everybody likes to go backstage, find out what people think and what they talk about and what specialised job they have.