There Are A Lot I'm Proud Of,

You See. No Shock. No Engulfment. No Tearing Assunder. What You Feared Would Come Like An Explosion Is Like A Whisper. What You Thought Was The End Is The Beginning.

Most Shows, Buying Shows, Have A Standard Fee For The First Shot Of The Writer And If You Have A Very Militant Agent, I Suppose He Might Jack It Up Four Percent Or Something. But In Essence, You Sell For What Is The Going Rate.

Apparently On The Screen I Look Tall, Ageless, And Damned Close To Omniscient-delivering Jeopardy-laden Warnings Through Gritted Teeth. But When People See Me On The Street, They Say 'by God, This Kid Is 5 Foot 5, He's Got A Broken Nose, And Looks About As Foreboding As A Bank Teller On A Lunch Break.'

In Almost Everything I've Written There Is A Thread Of This: Man's Seemingly Palpable Need To Dislike Someone Other Than Himself.

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