If You Write A Movie For Roger

I Don't Have A Social Agenda. I Just Don't Choose To Ignore What's In Front Of Me.

I Think I Got Spoiled And That Writing A Short Story And Getting It Published, Or Writing A Novel And Getting It Published, You Pretty Much Get To Do The First, Second And Third Draft Yourself Without A Whole Lot Of Interference.

In A Movie You Have All These Logistical Problems; All These Practical Problems. But You're Also Going To Have People Come Who Can Do Things That You Can't Do, And You Get To Direct Their Talents.

There Were Not Fifteen People In The Story Department And Twenty-five Producers And Stuff. And Roger Had Produced 1,000 Movies And Directed A Couple Of Hundred, And Their Comments Were Always Very, Very Specific.

As A Screenwriter I'm Often Writing In Genres Where There Have Been Thousands Of Movies; Whereas When I Direct Movies They Tend To Be In Between Genres. They Tend To Have A Little Bit Of A Genre To Them, But They're Really About The People, And They're People We Haven't Met Before.