Screenwriting and making movies is really playing make-believe like most of us did as children.

There is truly no other business in the world like making movies. It's unique, it's extremely demanding and difficult, but it's also the most rewarding.

My tombstone would someday read I died keeled over at my computer writing a screenplay or a business plan.

Today, with computer-generated visual effects, everything is possible. So we've seen everything. If it can be imagined, it can be put on screen.

I spent several years in the film finance business, but I returned to what I loved most about the industry - actual filmmaking, producing, writing and directing.

In college I wrote for the university newspaper, and I had several short stories published in small press. I think it's just been a natural progression of where to go with the imagination and not have to grow up.

Dreams do come true. But it will involve a lot of hard work, a lot of dedication, a lot of studying.