You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.
Mother believed in enjoying herself. Aunt Mimi believed in enjoying herself, then feeling guilty about it.
A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
Never hope for it more than you work for it.
Nothing is unnatural - just untried.
Language is decanted and shared. If only one person is left alive speaking a language - the case with some American Indian languages - the language is dead. Language takes two and their multiples.