Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write.

The key to happiness is achievable dreams.

You need someone who has a really good way of enabling trust in the cast and crew, or the cast particularly, to allow them the confidence to stretch themselves to get the performance that you're going to need to provide all of the emotional up and downs in the film.

I've learned to keep my mind open to ideas from any source.

Man and wife were supposed to stay together because they'd made their vows in front of God and family.

As Logan walked towards her, he smiled as if reading her mind and opened his arms.

If it came down to that, I'd protect you in a heartbeat.