I Prefer Writing Originals.

Everyone I Know Who Used To Be In The Intelligence Community Is Moving Into The Corporate World.

I Love The Idea Of Spies In Love. How Would It Work Between Two People Who Were So Programmed To Lie And Be Suspicious, Who Have A Whole Life Based On Pretence?

What You Need To Know To Direct A Movie Is [of] Such Great Variety. I've Worked With People Who Were Maestros, Who Know Everything. I've Worked With People Who Were Empty And Lost, Who Had No Clue What They Were Doing. You Wouldn't Hire Them To Paint Your Apartment. And Then There's Everything In-between. There's No List Of Skills You Have To Have To Sit In That Chair.

But What I Didn't Recognize When I Was Much Younger Was This Sort Of...when You're On, When You're Really On, Go At It.

Developing Films With Directors, Developing Films With Actors, Is A Poor Percentage Play For A Screenwriter.