Long time no see. I only pray the caliber of your questions has improved.

Don't let anybody tell you different, man: The main goal in life careerwise should always be to try to get paid to simply be yourself.

I've always kind of ripped from real life to some degree or at least how I'm feeling in the moment. In fact, maybe that's really it. In anything I've ever written, all the characters sound like me, which I don't think is a bad thing.

For years, my job was to make the movie inexpensively. And I could bring it in. What I can't control are the costs of marketing.

So I know how I watch movies which is on my laptop, man. And that's how I suspect a lot of people do it.

One man's frankness is another man's vulgarity.

Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist now could one day result in your favorite film, or the cartoon you love to get stoned watching, or the song that saves your life. Discourage an artist, you get absolutely nothing in return, ever.