“Write something you care about, then find out why afterwards.”

The Pipeline staff was beyond supportive in my quest to produce a readable screenplay. They were encouraging but pushed me to produce something worth filming. It took about 50 drafts, but I got there with their help. My screenplay was born!

You can be the best makeup artist in the world, but if you don't get along with people and can't read the trailer, the room, the atmosphere, the actor … If you don't have that, then you will never make it in the film business.

I’m all for pushing envelopes, but should cringe be a part of awards show comedy?

... desperation can kick in—you chase “what’s popular” rather than staying true to your creative vision.

No joke, I think this has the most cigarettes I’ve ever seen in a movie.

... and dammit if I wasn't completely blown away. By the time I turned the final page, I'd quasi fallen in love with the freaking thing.‌

This is how I will heal what two years in L.A. have done to me.

... if we’re not doing the thing that makes us tick, are we really living to our potential and sending the right message to those that might be watching and emulating?

... well-rendered and delivered dialogue can surprise and turn a story on its head in ways that action scenes only very rarely can ...

"... we went this far, let's not leave anything unturned."

It is a shining example of how a film can be distinguished just as much by what its script doesn’t reveal as what it does.

And there I was in the fancy office of a multi-million-dollar production house where I acted like a 10-year-old schoolboy sent to the principal’s office.

The more pressure you put on yourself, the less likely you are to write. Instead of setting huge daily/weekly goals, set goals that you can easily accomplish.

Only after he was on the other side filming at a particular angle, he saw the thin thread he somehow missed that would have set off explosives.