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

The mark of a master is to select only a few moments, but give us a lifetime.

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.

No matter our talent, we all know in the midnight of our souls that 90 percent of what we do is less than our best.

Do research. Feed your talent. Research not only wins the war on cliche, it's the key to victory over fear and it's cousin, depression.

Story isn't a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality.

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