You have to know human behaviour … And the quality of your writing is absolutely capped at your understanding of human behaviour. You’ll never write above what you know about people.

But what I didn't recognize when I was much younger was this sort of...when you're on, when you're really on, go at it.

I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting.

I have written a bunch of scripts that have not gotten produced, much more so early in my career than later.

The people in the Philippines are so extraordinarily nice.

I like emotions, but I really don't like sentimentality, and I don't like when things break their spell.

I love IMAX when it works right.