Having a phone call from Steven Spielberg was just a fantastic rite of passage. I loved it, and he was very focused, very likable, strictly business, and really sharp.

The real beauty in my professional experience has been friendships and collaborations with filmmakers.

When you make a choice as a writer about what it is you want to write, and what it is you're going to spend six months thinking about, you have to fall in love.

I'm always pre-occupied with what it is that I'm doing at the moment.

I just try and do something good. But as a writer, you're slightly out of control.

You can only do the best you can in the minute that you're doing it.

Having a phone call from Steven Spielberg was just a fantastic rite of passage. I loved it, and he was very focused, very likable, strictly business, and really sharp.