Tolstoy Was The Most Gifted Writer Who

Everything We Do In Life Is Based On Fear, Especially Love.

I Also Try To Surround Myself With People I Love - Make A Family Out Of The Company. So I Tend To Use The Same People Over And Over. There's A Sort Of Mel Brooks Repertory Company.

The Brilliance Of Max Brooks Is That He Always Quotes Authorities At The Back Of His Books That Never Existed. Like A Russian Professor He Made Up That Validates A Story Or Character.

Everything Starts With Writing. And Then To Support Your Vision, Your Ideas, Your Philosophy, Your Jokes, Whatever, You've Gotta Perform Them And/or Direct Them, Or Sometimes Just Produce Them.

When I'm Writing A Script, I Don't Worry About Plot As Much As I Do About People. I Get To Know The Main Characters - What They Need, What They Want, What They Should Do. That's What Gets The Story Going. You Can't Just Have Action, You've Got To Find Out What The Characters Want. And Then They Must Grow, They Must Go Somewhere.