Get into the scene late; get out of the scene early.

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.

The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same).

Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"

When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry.

Forget narrative, backstory, characterisation, exposition, all of that. Just make the audience want to know what happens next.

It is the writer’s job to make the play interesting. It is the actor’s job to make the performance truthful.

Opportunity may knock, but it seldom nags.

We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.

Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah.

Without compassion, you will never truly connect with another human being.

I dared to dream.......I dared to believe the dream.....I dared to live the dream. I am glad it became real.

Story = Character + Predicament + Attempted Extrication

The devil loves it when we say we believe then prioritize everything in our lives ahead of God.

God is a frequency. Stay tuned.

I'm fully aware that if I were to change professions tomorrow, become an astronaut and be the first man to land on Mars, the headlines in the newspapers would read: 'Mr. Darcy Lands on Mars.

It is very perplexing how an intrepid frontier people, who fought a wilderness, floods, tornadoes, and the Rockies, cower before criticism, which is regarded as a malignant tumor in the imagination.

Independent artists and labels have always been the trendsetters in music and the music business.

I knew it would begin with the end, and the end would look like death to these eyes. I had been warned.

Trying your best is bringing your best... that's the way to do it! Desire and passion is everything.