You're A Writer. Make It

With The Movies, People Are Not Going To Wait Around. The Deadline Is A Deadline. In Publishing It's More A Polite Suggestion.

You're A Writer. Make It Up.

Talent Must Be A Fanatical Mistress. She's Beautiful; When You're With Her, People Watch You, They Notice. But She Bangs On Your Door At Odd Hours, And She Disappears For Long Stretches, And She Has No Patience For The Rest Of Your Existence; Your Wife, Your Children, Your Friends. She Is The Most Thrilling Evening Of Your Week, But Some Day She Will Leave You For Good. One Night, After She's Been Gone For Years, You Will See Her On The Arm Of A Younger Man, And She Will Pretend Not To Recognize You.

The Eternal Challenge For Screenwriter Adapters Is Figuring Out How To Make Something Work On Screen, When So Much Of What Made It Work In The Book Were The Thoughts Of The Character, And Obviously Wanting To Avoid Voiceover.

Showrunner I Admire: Weiss: "all Friendship Bias Duly Acknowledged: Rob Mcelhenney And The Guys At 'it's Always Sunny In Philadelphia' Have Been Doing Their Show For Longer Than Any Live Action Comedy. To Make Something That Consistently Great For That Long, And To Keep It Fresh ... I Think That's A Tremendous Accomplishment.