Failure can only exist from stagnant perceptions. Everything is a process of learning and if you learn something useful, you have success.

The number one metaphor I have in my mind for writing a screenplay is that...you're trying to climb a mountain blindfolded. And the funny thing about that is, you think, 'Okay, that's hard because you're climbing up a rock face, and you don't know where you're going, and you don't know where the top is, you can't see what's below you...' But actually the hardest part about climbing a mountain blindfolded is just finding the mountain.

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.

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.

Every problem offers an opportunity for a solution. if you are in the right frame of mind to find it.

Changing how you think costs you no money and it takes no special talent. It does take a commitment on your part to be different.

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.