Secure writers don't sell first drafts. They patiently rewrite until the script is as director-ready, as actor-ready as possible. Unfinished work invites tampering, while polished, mature work seals its integrity.

In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility.

What happens is fact, not truth. Truth is what we think about what happens.

Politics is the name we give to the orchestration of power in any society.

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

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

A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the mind and lift us to another place.