Being A Writer In Hollywood Is Like

Consider: For All The Gobbledegook [film Studio] Executives Spout About Backstory, All That We, The Audience, Want To Know Is What Happens Next. That's The Only Thing That's Going On. . . . Character Is Nothing Other Than Action, And Character-driven Means The Plot Stinks, And You'd Better Hope The Star Is Popular Enough To Open The Movie In Spite Of It.

It’s Not A Lie. It’s A Gift For Fiction.

I Look Back On My Liberal Political Beliefs With A Sort Of Wonder - As Another Exercise In Self-involvement - Rewarding Myself For Some Superiority I Could Not Logically Describe.

I Love Working On A Typewriter - The Rhythm, The Sound; It's Like Playing The Piano, Which I Do, Too.

People Only Speak To Get Something. If I Say, Let Me Tell You A Few Things About Myself, Already Your Defenses Go Up; You Go, Look, I Wonder What He Wants From Me, Because No One Ever Speaks Except To Obtain An Objective. That's The Only Reason Anyone Ever Opens Their Mouth, Onstage Or Offstage. They May Use A Language That Seems Revealing, But If So, It's Just Coincidence, Because What They're Trying To Do Is Accomplish An Objective.