“Life is like a B-picture script.”

“If God is the author of life, there must be a script.”

“I don't act, anyway. The stuff is all injected as we go along. My pictures are made without script or written directions of any kind”

“The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn't.”

“Writing is such an industry now. In many ways, that's a good thing, in that it removes all the muse-like mystique and makes it a plain old job, accessible to everyone. But with industry comes jargon. I was aware that jargon was starting to fill those growing shelves of Writer's Self Help books, not to mention the blogosphere. Wherever I looked, the writing of a script was being reduced to A, B, C plots, Text and Subtext, Three Act Structure and blah, blah, blah. And I'd think, that's not what writing is! Writing's inside your head! It's thinking! It's every hour of the day, every day of your life, a constant storm of pictures and voices and sometimes, if you're very, very lucky, insight.”

“I'm a B+ student of life.”