It's easier to be old than young. You make just as many blunders, but you've become much more adept at not recognizing them.
Terry RossioI'm tempted to say, 'Writing treatments is like designing a film by hiring six million monkeys to tear out pages of an encyclopedia, then you put the pages through a paper-shredder, randomly grab whatever intact lines are left, sing them in Italian to a Spanish deaf-mute, and then make story decisions with the guy via conference call.' But no... compared to writing treatments, that makes sense, too.
Terry RossioIt seems quite proper to fear achievement, which, after all, is proof that you've successfully moved an experience from the delightfully anticipated future into the forever and sadly lost past. Avoid as long as you can the ultimate indignity: a lifetime achievement award.
Terry RossioOnce learned, the ability to disagree with a smile pays valuable dividends for a lifetime.
Terry Rossio