I wrote a few unsuccessful screenplays before I wrote 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.' I wrote them as television plays that never got made. I'm glad I wrote them - I think it was a good experience.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.
I've written a couple screenplays and half-finished plays.
I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood.
I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays.
I had novels to write, so I wrote them.
Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life.
I had grown up loving movies and had always wanted to write them.
I worked as an actor for many years. Then I segued to some non-fiction writing.
I made a very good living as a bad writer. I wrote a lot of comedies, 'Diff'rent Strokes,' 'Facts of Life,' while all my friends were doing the good shows, like 'Cheers,' but I loved it because I got to be a working writer in Hollywood.
When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.