I've always been able to survive by writing, though.
Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director.
No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not.
Everybody's a filmmaker today.
I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways.
Matter of fact, the style that people use today, I invented in a way.