Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they ever come out-because many of them don't come out-but I've gotten to work with really good story editors and stuff like that.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but they haven't always been the best experiences.
I've been able to make some wonderful films, but sometimes you make films with great passion - great belief - and these films slightly don't work at the box office, and they become your favorite films.
I am very lucky: not very many writers can say they genuinely like the film of their book. However, I do.
I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.
Some writers get snooty about what happens when their books are adapted to film, but I don't feel that way.
Unfortunately, the author of a book pretty much gives up control of the story when the producers take over a book to make it into a movie.
It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.
I do a film because I like the story and I want to give life to a character - I don't necessarily have to agree with the director.
A lot of the struggle I had with movies is I really loved moments and tones and feelings in a scene, and I loved creating those, but I never really had great stories to string them together.
I'm not in a race with anybody to make the biggest hit movie anymore. I am just trying to tell stories that I can stay interested in for the two years it takes me to supervise the writing and to direct them.
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