All humor is based on hostility - that's why World War Two was funny.
Give your mind a chance to travel through foreign languages.
I much prefer writing an original movie with the screen in mind to transferring a play to the screen.
Rewriting is when writing really gets to be fun. . . . In baseball you only get three swings and you're out. In rewriting, you get almost as many swings as you want and you know, sooner or later, you'll hit the ball.
If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.
Once you start compromising your thoughts, you're a candidate for mediocrity.