I Love Writing Songs. I'm A Songwriter.

When I'm Writing A Script, I Don't Worry About Plot As Much As I Do About People. I Get To Know The Main Characters - What They Need, What They Want, What They Should Do. That's What Gets The Story Going. You Can't Just Have Action, You've Got To Find Out What The Characters Want. And Then They Must Grow, They Must Go Somewhere.

Everything Starts With Writing.

Tolstoy Was The Most Gifted Writer Who Ever Lived. It's Like He Stuck A Pen In His Heart And It Didn't Even Go Through His Mind On Its Way To The Page.

Tragedy Is What Happens To Me; Comedy Is What Happens To You.

There's An Army Story In Me, And I Think There's A Wwii Brooks Film Somewhere.