Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy.

You never want your second act or the whole movie to just be this relentless march towards its goal. You want things to take the audience by surprise.

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

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.

Who you think you are is only a thought.

The best writing really does come from the deepest, most private part of you.

I had read enough mediocre scripts and was determined not to inflict another one on the world.