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Writing a screenplay is like writing a big puzzle, and so the hardest part, I think, is getting the story.

Generally, screenplays suck.

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

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.

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.

Writing is hard.

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

I'm a very slow screenwriter. It takes time for me to write a screenplay. Also, I feel it's not my strength.

I would say it's not as hard as writing, because when you're a writer, you walk right into the pit all by yourself, but when you're a director, there are at least 80 people who scream, 'Don't do that!' when you make a mistake.

I find screenplays easy to write, my novels being very visual. You see what people look like. The physical action is described.