I Don't Believe In Pessimism.

Scott's Eastwood Movie Snowden Sounds Fascinating. I Want To See It Because It's About Deserting Your Country ... For Whatever Reasons You Have. Edward Snowden Became Famous For The Wrong Reasons, As Captain Chesley "sully" Sullenberger Became Famous For Doing Something Spectacular.

At Waco, Was There Really An Urgency To Get Those People Out Of The Compound At That Particular Time? Was The Press Going To Make It Look Heroic For The Bureau Of Alcohol, Tobacco, And Firearms? At Ruby Ridge, There Was One Guy In A Cabin At The Top Of The Mountain. Was It Necessary For Federal Agents To Go Up There And Shoot A 14-year-old In The Back And Shoot A Woman With A Child In Her Arms? What Kind Of Mentality Does That?

Are You Going To Pull Those Pistols Or Whistle Dixie?

The Main Thing Is To Do Each Project The Way You Want, And If They Find An Audience, That's Terrific. And If They Don't, There's Nothing You Can Do Anyway, So Don't Let It Concern You That Much. An Awful Lot Of Good Movies Have Done Badly And An Awful Lot Of Bad Movies Have Done Very Well. There Are No Real Rhymes Or Reasons For It. Sometimes The Stars Don't Always Align Right. But If You've Done The Best You Can, You Feel Pretty Good About It.

I Don't Write. I Usually Look For Material By Other People. Sometimes I Change Things Or Adapt Things But I Don't Write From Scratch. I Wish I Had That Ability.