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Film is an itch I have yet to scratch.

Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.

I never write a book unless I can't help it. Something has to bother me, like a mosquito, until I have to do something to relieve the itch.

I love writing for the screen.

I think, in a weird way, the reason I was drawn to screenwriting and the reason I really love doing it is because I love writing dialogue.

One minute, I really am in awe of filmmakers, and I want to be working in film, and then the next minute, I get the itch to get back on stage.

Acting was always my unscratched itch, when I was in college and even afterwards.

I'm very lucky. I actually like screenwriting. I rarely feel a sense of doom going to my desk.

I do a lot of screen re-writing.

My look is either very baroque or very Zen - everything in between makes me itch.