There's a satisfaction I get from writing fiction that I will never get from screenwriting.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always been a writer, I've always been a storyteller, but I never thought about screenwriting.
I think, in a weird way, the reason I was drawn to screenwriting and the reason I really love doing it is because I love writing dialogue.
As a writer of both novels and screenplays, I can say that screenwriting is a vastly rewarding creative life - if you fight hard enough to do it on your own terms. Whether I write books or not, my screenwriting life has been creatively rewarding and remains so.
Seriously, you know - I love to write. I enjoy the process; I enjoy the different processes, because writing for film and television and graphic novels is all very different. So I've never had the feeling of, 'Oh, you have to do this one thing.'
I think the most satisfying part about filmmaking is seeing a production in full bloom. When I write, I write in isolation.
There's no better satisfaction than writing. I feel that writing is the best and everything else comes with it.
I became a script writer with absolutely no idea of how to write a script whatsoever. I still feel a bit of an outsider in that regard. If I can maintain that approach to screenwriting, it can continue to be enjoyable.
Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay.
I don't think screenwriting is therapeutic. It's actually really, really hard for me. It's not an enjoyable process.
I've come to find more satisfaction and enjoyment in writing screenplays over the years because that's what I do primarily now.