What happens is fact, not truth. Truth is what we think about what happens.
Story isn't a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality.
Boredom is the inner conflict we suffer when we lose desire, when we lack a lacking.
Talent without craft is like fuel without an engine, it burns wildly but accomplishes nothing.
Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time.
There is no screenplay-writing recipe that guarantees your cake will rise.