... you need to make us want you again.

... the decision to kill Maya was easy.

Stop focusing on all the things you haven't done, and start focusing on the things you have.

There are only two types of feedback that matter.

As William Goldman said about Hollywood, “Nobody knows anything.” Learn all you can but trust your instincts.

No one’s in the building. The air is thick like dark molasses and the quiet, unnerving.

How do you trick yourself into believing that you can still do it? That you should keep going even if you know deep down in your soul you’re not going to “win” anymore?

As it is said, film is the rare art form that the artist cannot afford the canvas on which to paint. Digital filmmaking has changed that.

Needs more muppets.

We argue because our art form, screenwriting, is different from so many other types of writing. In screenwriting, form literally follows function.

Foreign films generally assume the audience is savvier, capable of putting two and two together without having to shove things down their throat.

Consistently writing and producing your own work is the only thing you can control.

Say no to life more. This is not the month to live, it’s the month to write.

"You’ll find that so many people are willing to help you if you work hard and tell people what you want. We all had to start somewhere. You just need the confidence to speak up and make it happen."

I still remember a psychological horror script I read 10 years ago because the scenes were so immersive and—yes—scared the shit out of me.