We are living in complex, difficult times and I wanted Syriana to reflect this complexity in a visceral way, to embrace it narratively. There are no ….

The average development time for a Hollywood movie is nine years. Nine years for a studio film. And a lot of what you do is abstract..

I came to Hollywood originally writing comedy and writing satire..

War and, apparently, hurricanes are very good for the oil business. But I've got to believe at a certain point, as a nation, we're going to go in a d….

Starting in 98 when I was researching Traffic, I got to meet really serious people in Washington, which for a screenwriter was kind of a great gift. ….

When I moved to Los Angeles, I wrote spec screenplays. I was really poor, and I thought I was just gonna do this for a while to make a little money s….

As I got into my teens, I started reading better books, beginning with the Beats and then the hippie writers, people like Wallace Stegner up in North….

It's rare in Hollywood to get the chance to work on something that you actually care about. The tragedy of the place is all these talented people try….

I think the War on Terror has succeeded in creating more terror, more terrorists, a less safe America, and a less safe world..