... what we think of as a novel is actually just an accident of history.

Having your entire story take place in one location is indeed limiting. However, it can yield extremely impressive results.

Did I ever expect it to get made? Nope. Not from the minute I wrote it.

Even when no one else in my life would lend me an ear, the page was always there for me.

Numbers and processes matter and understanding why and how they matter and how to work with each is fundamental to working smarter not harder.

Are we being noted to death by fear-stricken development execs who are too timid to put something up on screens that swings for the fences ... ?

... one kind of stakes towers above all the rest: the stakes of life-or-death.

When I’d imagined my own death, I suppose everyone does sometimes, it wasn’t like this.

Andrew Hewitt shares the emotional nature of film scoring, his process with directors, and what he wishes other creatives understood about composition.

Make no mistake, though. Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not essential. It very much is.

If merely one soul had to suffer the indignity that the collection of out-of-work writers below suffered, there might be no chance of recovery.

It might be the most clichéd of statements, but “if it’s not on the page, it’s not on the stage.”

... every day something comes up that we have to adapt to—the same way that on film sets, something comes up, and you’ve got to adapt or change the plan.

The man’s adrenaline-soaked instincts overrode every other primal urge in his body—like his subconscious had been trained for this very scenario.

... forget those typical resolutions like reading more classic literature or losing weight this year. You’re a screenwriter. Your job is Sitting, Typing, and Looking at the Screen.