Of all the reasons for wanting to write, the only one that nurtures us through time is love of the work itself.

Story is about originality, not duplication

Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.

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.

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

In life two negatives don't make a positive. Double negatives turn positive only in math and formal logic. In life things just get worse and worse and worse.

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