Coming Up With Ideas Is

Whenever You Write, Whatever You Write, Never Make The Mistake Of Assuming The Audience Is Any Less Intelligent Than You Are.

I'm Afraid That If I Started To Ponder Who I Am And What I Am, I Might Not Like What I Find.

People Are Put Down In Television Now, Not Because They're Not Qualitative, Not Because They're Not Talented - But Because There's No Room For Them, And Worse Than That, There's Nowhere They Can Find Exposure. Their Own Good Talent May Die Of Mourning, Just For Want Of Having Somebody Read What They've Written. I Don't Presume To Say How We Can Best Provide Platforms For New Writers To Get Read. I Don't Know. But Therein Lies The Major Problem.

I Think I'd Rather Win, For Example, A Writer's Guild Award Than Almost Anything On Earth. And The Few Nominations I've Had With The Guild, And The Few Awards I've Had, Represented To Me A Far More Legitimate Concrete Achievement Than Anything.

I Don't Know What My Friends Do. Generally They Become Producers. That Way They Can Stop Writing!