Q&A: Approaching to the Coming-of-Age Story

Coming-of-age stories have long been a staple of storytelling. Since the early days of film and television, audiences have enjoyed watching characters that mature before our very eyes.
Writer/Director Zeina Durra Digs Into the Past for Luxor

Luxor tells the story of a British aid worker taking a hiatus in the ancient Egyptian city, where she bumps into a former lover, Sultan, an archeologist.
Indignation: Oscar-Nominated Writer James Schamus Tells It Like It Is

An interview with James Schamus, the writer of the "Indignation," on his writing process, screenplays that aren’t over-written, and the violence of adapting great books.
A Conversation with Diana Henriques, Author of The Wizard of Lies

Diana Henriques is an award-winning writer for The New York Times. Her book, The Wizard of Lies, is the basis for HBO’s Emmy-nominated project by the same name.
Interview: Amy B. Scher

In hindsight, it’s easier to find the meaning of suffering because you are removed from the cloudiness that suffering itself can cause.
The Call of the Wild: A Conversation with Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford's role, playing the legendary John Thornton from Jack London’s The Call of the Wild, may be his most personal project to date.
Nathan Patton

Collection of illustrations by designer, screenwriter, and all-around multi-hyphenate creative Nathan Patton, created for Pipeline Artists.
Emily Barnes

Collection of illustrations by designer and illustrator Emily Barnes, created for Pipeline Artists.
Interview: Crosby Selander

I was busy imagining other worlds where gravity was different and people grew differently. I was inventing stories in these other realms. It wasn’t science I loved—it was science-fiction.
Interview: Jenna-Marie Warnecke

My whole process of writing the story was just imagining, what kind of person would actually do this? And what kind of person would pay for this?
Interview: Nicholas Roth

If I were going into a meeting with a potential agent ... I’d try to be familiar with every title the company has recently produced, and learn as much as I can from social media about anyone who I know will be in the meeting.
Interview: J.L. Willow

It was really therapeutic to have something I could throw myself completely into and take my mind off of whatever was giving me stress during day-to-day life.
Interview: Tara Stringfellow

Honestly, I listened to a lot of Tupac. How he is able to make each song an ode to a person or an ideal or a memory was the magic I needed. I paid attention to his meter, to how he is able to captivate an audience.