Apparently On The Screen I Look Tall,

The Writer's No Different. When He's Rejected, That Paper Is Rejected, In A Sense, A Sizeable Fragment Of The Writer Is Rejected As Well. It's A Piece Of Himself That's Being Turned Down.

I Would Guess That The Price Of The Script Really Is Secondary. The Credit Is Much More The Essence.

I Just Want People To Remember Me A Hundred Years From Now. I Don't Care That They're Not Able To Quote Any Single Line That I've Written. But Just That They Can Say, "oh, He Was A Writer." That's Sufficiently An Honored Position For Me.

If You're Really A Good Writer And Deserve That Honored Position, Then By God, You'll Write, And You'll Be Read, And You'll Be Produced Somehow. It Just Works That Way. If You're Just A Simple Ordinary Day-to-day Craftsman, No Different Than Most, Then The Likelihood Is That You Probably Won't Make It In Writing.

People Are Put Down In Television Now, Not Because They're Not Qualitative, Not Because They're Not Talented - But Because There's No Room For Them, And Worse Than That, There's Nowhere They Can Find Exposure. Their Own Good Talent May Die Of Mourning, Just For Want Of Having Somebody Read What They've Written. I Don't Presume To Say How We Can Best Provide Platforms For New Writers To Get Read. I Don't Know. But Therein Lies The Major Problem.