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

I've been writing screenplays for a long time, and a lot of it came out of the journalism I was doing.

I've come to find more satisfaction and enjoyment in writing screenplays over the years because that's what I do primarily now.

I started writing screenplays myself and eventually directing.

I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.

I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays.

I've been a screenwriter for twenty-five years. Every one of my books have been optioned for movies and I have written a few of those screenplays.

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.

Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write about their dreams or something. I just determined to write the books I had to write.