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August 22, 2008

David Chase Says

According to Matthew Weiner, formerly a writer on The Sopranos, now the creator of Mad Men, David Chase's mantra to those on staff was, "Reject your first three ideas."

I got this from a Creative Screenwriting Podcast (avail on iTunes).

August 09, 2008

Bleeding Love

I had an epiphany recently that the reason I dig Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" as much as I do, is because dance takes three things I love - art, music, and athletics - and combines them into one package. I'm accompanying this revelation with this specific dance because the choreography shares a theme with the script Tim and I are working on right now "This World Was Made for Ending" and it is also personally relevant to me.

June 15, 2008

Fareed Zakaria - GPS

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The always insightful Fareed Zakaria has a new show on CNN on Sundays at 1pm ET / 10am PT.

Watch it.