All drama is conflict. Without conflict, there is no action. Without action, there is no character. Without character, there is no story. And without story, there is no screenplay.

Writing should be an adventure, shrouded in mystery and uncertainty, blessed with amazing grace. In theory, of course

What a person does is what he IS, not what he says.

Confusion is the first step toward clarity

Who lives inside your head? The hero of your story OR The victim of someone else's?

I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.

Lightning does not often strike twice in the same place.

My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader.

Your bosses simply hate you. You created more and more value. They paid you less and less. That's the definition of disdain in my book.

Fishing the small streams of New Hampshire is a pastime that combines hiking, map reading, and bushwhacking - plenty of it.

I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman. Homer Simpson

I'm missing something, aren't I?" "Brains", he snapped. "And survival instinct. The Hawklord's been waiting for you for three hours." "Tell him I'm dead.

I'm not a pin-up, thankfully. I'm not suggesting I feel unconfident. I am beautiful to my husband. I am beautiful to my friends. I feel sexy and all those things with the people I love.

I get so confused about life photography art.