If you're a studio writer, the funny better be on the page.

Don't write something that is your passion project because all it will do is get the passion stomped out of you.

The good thing about being a writer is that you don't need anything except for a laptop. You can really do your own work and if you're not manically compelled to write all the time before you do it professionally, it's probably not a business for you anyway.

Who is writing these screenwriting books? Not actually writing for the studios in Hollywood. These are people that have one or a half of a credit on maybe one movie, or none. So they're all theoretical.

Waiting for opportunities in the entertainment industry is an impossibility; they are not coming. You have to make your own.

That's the other thing about working on movies, the commitment is years. That's one thing that's so frustrating about the process is that it goes on and on and on for years.

If you're a studio writer, the funny better be on the page.