You listen to the audience. The audience is wrong individually and always right collectively. If they don't laugh, it isn't funny. If they cough, it isn't interesting. If they walk out, you are in trouble.
Peter StoneFor writers that rehearsal period is death. It is the most destructive thing of all to a script.
Peter StoneHollywood is a cottage industry involving a very small number of people, and around the edges are enormous numbers of people trying to get into it and work.
Peter StoneWhen talking about unicorns, minotaurs, or compassionate conservatives, one does not normally have to prove their non-existence; the mere lack of any evidence is sufficient reason not to believe in any of them.
Peter Stone