All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant.

Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact.

Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.

Good story' means something worth telling that the world wants to hear. Finding this is your lonely task...But the love of a good story, of terrific characters and a world driven by your passion, courage, and creative gifts is still not enough. Your goal must be a good story well told.

Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules. Rebellious, unschooled writers break rules. Artists master the form.

We rarely know where we are going; writing is a discovery.