The First Thing To Look Out For

You Don't Write About The Horrors Of War. No. You Write About A Kid's Burnt Socks Lying In The Road.

The Bigger The Issue, The Smaller You Write. Remember That. You Don't Write About The Horrors Of War. No. You Write About A Kid's Burnt Socks Lying On The Road. You Pick The Smallest Manageable Part Of The Big Thing, And You Work Off The Resonance.

The First Thing To Look Out For After Your First Big Success Are Drugs And Screenplays.

If I Can Tell You The Story From Beginning To End In Five Minutes, I'm Ready To Start Writing.

I Don't Need All That Much - I Just Need To Know Who My Characters Are And What Kind Of Jam They're Going To Get Into, And I'll Write Myself Out Of Their Jam.