All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant.
In comedy laughter settles all arguments.
The students realize that it's their life I'm talking about: it's out of balance, they're struggling to put it into balance. How are they going to do it?
I cannot be a character in a bad movie. I can't be.
Most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.
Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact.