Writing A Screenplay, For Me, Is Like

Inspiration Can Hit You In The Head At Any Time In Any Context. It Could Happen In A Conversation. Talking To Someone At A Party, You Can Get An Idea. But You've Got To Remember Those Inspirations.

I Tend To Like Strong Female Characters. It Just Interests Me Dramatically. A Strong Male Character Isn't Interesting Because It Has Been Done And It's So Cliched. A Weak Male Character Is Interesting: Somebody Else Hasn't Done It A Hundred Times. A Strong Female Character Is Still Interesting To Me Because It Hasn't Been Done All That Much, Finding The Balance Of Femininity And Strength. [from A 1986 Fangoria Interview]

The Future Is Not Set. There Is No Fate But What We Make.

I Probably Spend More Time Writing Than Reading Science Fiction. I Find That Science-fiction Literature Is So Reactive To All The Literature That's Gone Before That It's Sort Of Like A Fractal. It's Gone To A Level Of Detail That The Average Person Could Not Possibly Follow Unless You're A Fan. It Iterates Upon Many Prior Generations Of Iterations.

Writing A Screenplay, For Me, Is Like Juggling. It's Like, How Many Balls Can You Get In The Air At Once? All Those Ideas Have To Float Out There To A Certain Point, And Then They'll Crystallize Into A Pattern.