Because I'm not doing it for the money, I'm doing it because I feel like that story needs to be told or clarified, or something needs to be shown about that.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain.
Always, your work is the same: You have to tell a story, you have to make a character. It doesn't matter if there are thousands of dollars, millions behind it, or if there is nothing.
I think that's why I'm an actor: so I can tell those stories without having to really live through those stories with real consequences and real stakes, real responsibility.
I got a couple of stories published, but the kind of money you were making for publishing a short story, I could see I wasn't going to make a living at it.
I like to think that I am telling a story rather than writing it.
Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
I wouldn't do a project if it weren't a story I wanted to tell. That's rewarding in itself, as a writer, if you're working on a story that you enjoy telling.
One has to look at my life story to see what I've done. I've paid a heavy price that many people don't realize.
If you really want to tell stories, do it and don't be dissuaded.
I try to tell the story, always. I do not want to be part of it.