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You find most of the interesting stories are the ones that are slightly harder to get made.

It's not easy to tell a story about writers and make that feel like a complete story and an interesting story.

To combine telling an interesting story with brilliantly written characters is the most difficult thing to do.

I think there's only one interesting story... and that's struggle.

Good scripts and interesting stories are hard enough to find.

I would rather read a poorly structured story that has fresh ideas than a tightly structured one with cliches.

I love intricate plotting and exciting twists, but I realize more that people enjoy a good story in a simple, focused way.

One of the biggest problems for beginning writers is this need to over-explain.

Once I started writing novels, I understood how hard it was to write really good short stories.

I do truly believe that the smallest stories can wind up being the biggest because it's through the specific that a writer can best access the universal.