It's really hard as a screenwriter, you feel like you have a vision and then you turn it over to a director and you have to let it go.

Routine is part of coping.

I think when you take forever off the table, it does something really interesting to what you think is important.

Make the movie your way. Surround yourself with people who know more than you.

Don't compromise when you're right.

I'm from Jersey, so I have a love of T.G.I. Friday's and chain restaurants in general. When you go to a Friday's, it seems like everyone's on ecstasy and way too happy anyway.

Allow yourself to feel things. Admit when you're wrong.