I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid.
After Strangelove I also started work on an adaptation of The Collector.
David Burnett was the son of Martha Foley, who edited the Best American Short Stories series. She hired me to work with David and her to read stories for the anthology.
An angel has no memory.
I learned not to care ... and to write for an imaginary reader whose tastes were similar to my own.
In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer.