I cannot be a character in a bad movie. I can't be.

All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant.

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.

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.

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

Story is about originality, not duplication

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