Writing a great script - not just a good one, but a great one - is almost an impossible task.

It drives me crazy when people say, "All we're trying to do is create entertainment." I feel like people go to movies for more than that.

If you only know something one way, then you don't really know it.

I like to begin every screenplay with a burst of delusional self-confidence. It tends to fade pretty quickly, but for me, at least, there doesn't seem to be any other way to start writing a script.

The fluidity of thought is based on the flexibility of beliefs and the emotional boundaries surrounding them.

I can write two scripts concurrently, but I usually prefer to do one at a time. However, I also usually have 5 or 6 story ideas that are percolating in my head at any one time, so it can get a little crowded in there.

If you write a bunch of different characters with a bunch of different opinions, you end up with these long scenes of everyone standing around talking.