Don't be didactic - don't write about poverty. Write about poor people. When you dramatize their lives and let life and characters be your inspiration, you will express the 'idea' dynamically and without preaching.

Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time.

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

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

Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact.

Classical design is a mirror of the human mind. It's how we see the world.

Given the choice between trivial material brilliantly told versus profound material badly told, an audience will always choose the trivial told brilliantly.