On Writing
“It doesn’t matter what we write so long as we write continually as well as we can.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
“It doesn’t matter what we write so long as we write continually as well as we can.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Screenplay by Harold Livingston, story by Alan Dean Foster, based on Star Trek created by Gene RoddenberryContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
“The first time I said no (as in ‘No, I will not do that to my script’), it was a liberating experience… ‘No’ is the single most important…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Screenplay by Darren Aronofsky, story by Darren Aronofsky & Ari HandelContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
“Originality is nothing other than the deepest honesty.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Screenplay by Matthew Vaughn & Jane Goldman and Peter StraughanContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
“I think it’s my responsibility to write about the things that interest me. I feel that I’d be doing a disservice to anybody and everybody…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Screenplay by John Carpenter, based on the short story “Eight O’Clock in the Morning” by Ray NelsonContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
“I don’t know much about creative writing programs. But they’re not telling the truth if they don’t teach, one, that writing is hard work…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Screenplay by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper, story by Kim HenkelContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
“My theory about creative work is that 99 percent of it is intention. When you go in with the intention of exploring something real, then…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Written by Jason Hall, based on the book by David FinkelContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
“The writer has to have patience, the perseverance to just sit there alone and grind it out. And if it’s not worth doing that, then he…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Screenplay by Juliette Towhidi, based on the memoir of Vera BrittainContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
My interview with the writer of the 2012 Black List script The Eel.Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Written by Laeta Kalogridis & Patrick Lussier, characters created by James Cameron & Gale Anne HurdContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
“Very often my films are about the conflict between our ideas and our desires, and that’s where the drama is for me. We know how we’re…Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Written by John Brancato & Michael FerrisContinue reading on Go Into The Story »
My conversation with the writer-director of the feature film Hala.Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
Written by Mike MillionContinue reading on Go Into The Story »