I Blame It On Walt Disney, Where

The Snake Kills By Squeezing Very Slowly. This Is How The Civilized World Slowly, Slowly Pushes Into The Forest And Takes Away The World That Used To Be.

So Much Of Literary Sci-fi Is About Creating Worlds That Are Rich And Detailed And Make Sense At A Social Level. We'll Create A World For People And Then Later Present A Narrative In That World.

With 'avatar,' I Thought, Forget All These Chick Flicks And Do A Classic Guys' Adventure Movie, Something In The Edgar Rice Burroughs Mold, Like John Carter Of Mars - A Soldier Goes To Mars.

Pick Up A Camera. Shoot Something. No Matter How Small, No Matter How Cheesy, No Matter Whether Your Friends And Your Sister Star In It. Put Your Name On It As Director. Now You're A Director. Everything After That You're Just Negotiating Your Budget And Your Fee.

You're So Stupid, Rose!