If you are rigorous in your own R&D in whatever your area is, you do your own testing, and you really stress-test the thing that you do, I think that…

- Brian Koppelman

The step that a lot of people miss is a dispassionate evaluation of the reasons [for rejection]. If you can dispassionately evaluate the reasons for …

- Brian Koppelman

Everyday, it's about building a practice that enables you to try and forget that you're afraid.

- Brian Koppelman

What unifies every part of my journey is I always lead with my curiosity, obsession, or fascination.

- Brian Koppelman

Hollywood is a land of self-invention.

- Brian Koppelman

All screenwriting books are bullshit, all. Watch movies, read screenplays. Let them be your guide.

- Brian Koppelman

'Write what you know' works, but it's limiting. Write what fascinates you. Write what you can't stop thinking about.

- Brian Koppelman

For artists, there's a very fine line between delusion and belief.

- Brian Koppelman