I think of myself as a guy who tries to write screenplays and now has tried to direct one. Anything more than that is meaningless and it gets in the way of being a real human being.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I just really loved films and thought I should be writing screenplays.
I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.
I find screenplays easy to write, my novels being very visual. You see what people look like. The physical action is described.
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.
If you're writing a novel, you can afford to see where the spirit takes you, but in terms of structure and engineering with a screenplay, you have to be quite pragmatic; otherwise, it will run away from you.
If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
If you're writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation.
I started writing screenplays myself and eventually directing.
I've come to find more satisfaction and enjoyment in writing screenplays over the years because that's what I do primarily now.
When I write a screenplay - and I think this is true for a lot of people - you direct the movie. That's what writing a screenplay is.