But writers experience the world and themselves in a unique way. We look for meaning. We see it even when we are not paying attention, which is seldom because, as writers, paying attention is what we do. We are scribes to the ticking of the days, and we have a job to do. We are not at peace unless we are doing it.

A clever trick does not a concept make.

[on scene execution] Interesting isn't the point...storytelling momentum and relevance is.

The bar is high. But now you have a ladder.