The universal erosion of values has lead to the universal erosion of story.

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.

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.

The dirty secret of art is you don't have to show people your bad writing. That's what we have the delete key for.

To connect to people at the deepest level, you need stories.

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

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