A culture cannot evolve without honest, powerful storytelling. When a society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates. We need true satires and tragedies, dramas and comedies that shine a clean light into the dingy corners of the human psyche and society.

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

Never sleep with anybody who has more problems than you do.

Writing is a marathon, not a sprint.

Ninety percent of what we create is not our best work.

Most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.

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