If the story you're telling, is the story you're telling, you're in deep shit.

All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant.

A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the mind and lift us to another place.

When we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to the storyteller.

Do research. Feed your talent. Research not only wins the war on cliche, it's the key to victory over fear and it's cousin, depression.

In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility.

Given the choice between trivial material brilliantly told versus profound material badly told, an audience will always choose the trivial told brilliantly.

No matter our talent, we all know in the midnight of our souls that 90 percent of what we do is less than our best.

Boredom is the inner conflict we suffer when we lose desire, when we lack a lacking.

In comedy laughter settles all arguments.

Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time.

Those who are acquainted with failure acquire the unique ability to dare without fear of it.

Why some dreams of your life make you more restless till they are completed!Because dreams aren't spaced by time, only realities come with this feature

Go and play. Run around. Build something. Break something. Climb a tree. Get dirty. Get in some trouble. Have some fun.

The struggle alone pleases us not the victory.

I know the price of lettuce. You need to understand price and value. You buy the best lettuce you can at the best price you can.

Those who don't hate evil hate those who do

Buddy , you might think that I've lost my mind. But mister, I'd pay twice to do it one more time.

We're not good at propping up old carcasses. We want to be on top of what's vital at any particular time, and not just hold onto something because it has a name.

In a story, the craftsmanship is fully exposed. A novel is like charity; it covers a multitude of faults.

I think that 'Family Guy' is hysterical. It's edgy and hip - and they can do whatever they want to do because it's animated and they're not limited by budget.