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

God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can write a voice-over narration to explain the thoughts of a character.

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 currency of human relationships.

There is no screenplay-writing recipe that guarantees your cake will rise.

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.

Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules. Rebellious, unschooled writers break rules. Artists master the form.