Get back up, shake the dust off and keep going. Keep going, because Hollywood is set up to make you fail.

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.

You have to be willing to give it your all and sacrifice to make your dreams come true.

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

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

Several years ago, as I was transitioning from film finance to film production and writing again, someone asked me how long I would try to get back into filmmaking before I gave up? My response was "giving up" was not an option.

The original Star Wars ("A New Hope") has had the greatest impact on me of all the films I've ever watched. It's really what sparked something in me to want to make movies.