Well, so far, at least, my own ideas always take priority over those of other writers. As long as the well doesn't run dry, I imagine this will be the case.

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Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question.

Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question.

As Mark Weiner puts it, whether you gain 50 pounds or lose 50 pounds, whether...

As Mark Weiner puts it, whether you gain 50 pounds or lose 50 pounds, whether...

But you're right, I did think about acting more and then decided against it.

But you're right, I did think about acting more and then decided against it.

Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio...

Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio...

And that's just what I'm saying. I would never want to be like certain people,...

And that's just what I'm saying. I would never want to be like certain people,...

When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a...

When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a...

People can't help how they look.

People can't help how they look.

Usually the audience has no idea that the censored version of whatever movie they're watching...

Usually the audience has no idea that the censored version of whatever movie they're watching...

The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and...

The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and...

Part of it has to do with this business of being approached in public. I...

Part of it has to do with this business of being approached in public. I...

It is true that the movie is perhaps my most politically-charged. The story is thrust...

It is true that the movie is perhaps my most politically-charged. The story is thrust...

I mean, I don't want to sound - of course it's very nice, people come...

I mean, I don't want to sound - of course it's very nice, people come...

I mean, there are many other directors who are probably both more skilled and excited...

I mean, there are many other directors who are probably both more skilled and excited...

So far, at least, I haven't found a way to tell my kind of stories...

So far, at least, I haven't found a way to tell my kind of stories...

All I mean is, I'm not the kind of audience comedy directors want at a...

All I mean is, I'm not the kind of audience comedy directors want at a...

When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make...

When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make...

I don't like telling people where I stand on this, although I'm surprised anybody wonders....

I don't like telling people where I stand on this, although I'm surprised anybody wonders....

A palindrome is a word or pattern that instead of developing in different directions it...

A palindrome is a word or pattern that instead of developing in different directions it...

With Storytelling, at least, it's explicit: this is what the censors say American citizens, no...

With Storytelling, at least, it's explicit: this is what the censors say American citizens, no...

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.