I hardly said a word to my wife until I said 'yes' to divorce.

I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.

I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden.

I'm the barbarian of Hollywood.

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

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.

To be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.