From documentaries to commercials to feature films, Javier Solórzano Casarin takes us on a step-by-step retelling of how his love for filmmaking grew into a lifetime passion.

Can you imagine how hard it was for me to write prose? You can’t. Because it was harder than you imagined. I had to learn to write again.

Because, yes, there is merit to writing what you know—but when you’re in the middle of something, you absolutely do not know it. It isn’t over yet.

As the movie goes on, Pacino grows more and more facial hair until it envelops him, and he suffocates to death.

It’s not CGI. We buy it because seeing is believing.

There is no one recipe for success, but I suppose there is one surefire recipe for failure—inaction. Finish things you start.

—the moment you become part of a community’s story, it will forever be part of you.

They say if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. What they don't tell you is that once you do make it here, you'll never want to make it anywhere else.

The debate won’t focus on what we allow A.I. to do, but rather, how much we allow it to do.

What does your character think they’ll feel after they get their revenge, secure the promotion at work, save the world from the evil wizard, or get their happily ever after?

By the end, it felt like I had an affair with Glenn Close.

From what I was reading, it seemed like one could delete their Hinge, Bumble, Tinder, or Grindr account and find what they’re looking for on the picket lines.

My first step was learning how the professionals broke the rules. If they can do it, I can do it, right?

The way I think about writing a novel is not so much about answers but a set of questions and charting the understanding of what's at stake, what the actual nature of the problem is.

Perhaps the scope of the project is so compelling, it might feel like a disservice not to attempt concept art. But … a script is not a mood board.