Like the tectonic plate it sits upon, Hollywood is subject to seismic jolts and constant tremors. Each season erupts with a new champion, and every so often a genuine earthquake will tear down the apparently secure infrastructure.

Information is currency. ... Power is a place as well as a verb; it is inside the information tent.

nerve, not talent, is the one necessary and sufficient trait for success. (Wouldn't it be ideal if it were talent? But talent with no nerve is like the sound of one hand clapping.

There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.

Love and friendship, two of life's abiding rewards, are endangered species in Hollywood. People crave both, mistaking alliance for friendship, lust for love, and ambition for both.

with all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business?

Like the color black, business mixed with anything turns to business.