Probably your first agent is going to be some guy who also handles dog acts.

I liked writing, and I loved movies, obsessively loved movies, but I had never made the leap of thinking I would actually come out here and write stuff.

You have to be willing to throw [writing] stuff away and replace it.

If you can learn to be incredibly passionate about your work without fighting for it just because it's yours, that's a huge thing.

There are a huge amount of people who sell a TV pilot, every year, but most of them never get produced. It's very easy to make a living and never get anything produced.

Not taking criticism of your writing personally is an enormous step towards surviving the studio system.

Probably your first agent is going to be some guy who also handles dog acts.