“I would advise you, I would in fact implore you to take a step back and look at your specific career ambition and put that in line with everything else you want and figure out how to have a full life. It makes you a better writer. It makes you a better...
“The director I learned the most from was Clint Eastwood. And I learned many, many things from him. He is an absolute master and he would not ever want to do more than four takes. Now, uh, you work with some directors who will do 20 takes. He would only do four....
If you think you’re good at something and you’re willing to do what it takes to get there, there’s nothing that’s going to stop you. So you may as well jump in. I would just say go see as much as you can and read, read, read. You know, people,...
“My philosophy, three words. Always say yes. When somebody asks you, do you want to move to la? Yes. Do you want to be production director? Yes. Do you want to do television documentaries? Yes. That’s the way you’re ever going to learn or grow, say...
“What fulfills me about writing is getting stuff out. I want to say something, I want to tell people something. I want to tell. A story that amuses people, that engages people, and that teaches people something about themselves and something about the world, and...
