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Too Few Journalists Become Screenwriters. I Say To All The Would-be Screenwriters: Become Journalists. And I’ll Say To Working Journalists: Do Not Stay Journalists. Become Screenwriters.

The Only Way To Learn Is To Keep Doing Something New, And, If You're Lucky, Learning With People Who Really Know How To Do It.

The Hardest Thing About Writing Is Writing.

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Most Directors, I Discovered, Need To Be Convinced That The Screenplay They're Going To Direct Has Something To Do With Them. And This Is A Tricky Thing If You Write Screenplays Where Women Have Parts That Are Equal To Or Greater Than The Male Part. And I Thought, 'why Am I Out There Looking For Directors?'—because You Look At A List Of Directors, It's All Boys. It Certainly Was When I Started As A Screenwriter. So I Thought, 'i'm Just Gonna Become A Director And That'll Make It Easier.'