Occupation: Screenwriter Birth: March 22, 1959
Tragedy is a great storytelling form. It worked extremely well for Shakespeare. It worked extremely well for Jim Cameron with Titanic..
We feel like "Lost" deserved a real resolution, not a "snow globe, waking up in bed, it's all been a dream, cut to black" kind of ending. We thought ….
It's a very artistic process to translate and adapt a book into a series..
The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and theres ongoing creati….
As a writer, I always think about who my prototype actors are, in my brain. It's helpful, as a writer, to think about that..
It's entirely possible that the notion of what is the past, what is the present and what is the future, could change..
The Following and Hannibal are really well made, but the tone is very consistently dark..
You have to be able to get inside the heads of the characters and completely sympathize and understand them..
As hard as you try to write a good script and you have great intentions, this alchemy has to occur..
There are just so many options that people have. But as a writer, you'll drive yourself crazy, if you worry about that too much. People watch a lot o….
I think that we're moving into this new phase of television where audiences are really embracing stories with a beginning, middle, and end..
I think that the best television now is giving you a three-act experience..