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I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.

The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you write it down.

I just really loved films and thought I should be writing screenplays.

If you're writing a screenplay, you need to be prepared to let go: there's a good chance the words you write aren't going to be the ones that end up on screen.

When writing screenplays, it's a matter of remembering to leave off the page anything and everything that doesn't appear on the screen.

I write through improvisation. I never card out a movie. You know how people will outline or card? I don't do that. I tend to start with an idea and go.

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.

It's hard writing screenplays.

That freedom of writing you don't get in other formats, I'd rather leave it to someone else to deal with the headache of drafting my book into a screenplay.

I don't actually sit down and write, but I just have a lot of different ideas about films and making movies.