Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.

The filmmakers always have a great level of control.

I'm the barbarian of Hollywood.

Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.

Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language.

I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry.

I may not be the strongest guy or the most well armed, but you can put me in a room with a pencil and a piece of paper and I can kill anybody.