Oh, by the way, I tend to use a lot of profanities. I do that for a reason: I like it.

All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant.

To connect to people at the deepest level, you need stories.

Influence is just persuasion in slow motion.

No matter our talent, we all know in the midnight of our souls that 90 percent of what we do is less than our best.

When you do enough research, the story almost writes itself. Lines of development spring loose and you'll have choices galore.

Talent without craft is like fuel without an engine, it burns wildly but accomplishes nothing.