Justice Can Span Years. Retribution Is Not

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.

Being Like Everybody Is The Same As Being Nobody.

The Most Important Thing About The First Sale Is For The Very First Time In Your Life Something Written Has Value And Proven Value Because Somebody Has Given You Money For The Words That You've Written, And That's Terribly Important, It's A Tremendous Boon To The Ego, To Your Sense Of Self-reliance, To Your Feeling About Your Own Talent.

How Can You Put On A Meaningful Drama When Every Fifteen Minutes Proceedings Are Interrupted By Twelve Dancing Rabbits With Toilet Paper?

Most Shows, Buying Shows, Have A Standard Fee For The First Shot Of The Writer And If You Have A Very Militant Agent, I Suppose He Might Jack It Up Four Percent Or Something. But In Essence, You Sell For What Is The Going Rate.