“My steadiest survival job was working as a bartender in Broadway theaters. I wrote most of A Few Good Men on cocktail napkins at the Palace Theatre during the first act of La Cage aux Folles.”—Writer Director Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) P.S. Here’s a quote where Sorkin expanded that thought about his survival jobs: […]
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“Reversals are a more compelling form of discoveries or revelations because they turn the story upside down.”Karl IglesiasWriting for Emotional Impact Last week was historic—I did my first podcast interview about my book . (When that interview about my book Screenwriting with Brass Knuckles is posted I’ll write about it here.) This week was historic, […]
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Next to finishing my book Screenwriting with Brass Knuckles, the best use of my time during the Covid pandemic has been taking up kayaking in April. This month I’ll hit my 100th day out on a 440 acre lake. Each trip lasting 60-90 minutes in the early morning or late afternoon—times when any other year […]
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Last year Matthew McConaughey starred in The Gentlemen looking every bit a movie star. But last year—while making The Gentlemen— he was also Professor of Practice and teaching the class Script to Screen (RTF 367Q along with Scott Rice) at the University of Texas. Here’s a small part of the syllabus for the class held […]
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“Don’t do anything that will jeopardize your soul.”—Matthew McConaughey2016 University of Houston Commencement speech Much of what found its way into actor Matthew McConaughy‘s book Greenlights was workshopped so to speak at places like the 2016 Commencement address at the University of Houston. Here’s a five minute version of that 45 minute talk. Transcript of […]
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“Don’t do anything that will jeopardize your soul.”—Matthew McConaughey2016 University of Houston Commencement speech Much of what found its way into actor Matthew McConaughy‘s book Greenlights was workshopped so to speak at places like the 2016 Commencement address at the University of Houston. Here’s a five minute version of that 45 minute talk. Transcript of […]
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“The problems we face today eventually turn into blessings in the review mirror of life. In time, yesterday’s red light leads us to a greenlight.”—Matthew McConaughyGreenlights This week I listened to Matthew McConaughy read/perform his entire book Greenlights and two key thoughts resonate: GREENLIGHTS. The metaphor of when you’re driving down the road hitting green […]
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Last night I caught the last inning of the final game of the 2020 World Series. I was unaware that the Dodgers hadn’t won a World Series since 1988. That was the year that Oral Hershiser finished one of the best seasons of any pitcher in baseball history. He set a still standing record of […]
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“Create structure so you can have freedom.”—Matthew McConaughey Today I started listening to the audio version of Matthew McConaughey’s book Greenlights. His Texas drawl is worlds away from Orson Welles’ voice, but they share that gift in that their voices could make reading the federal income tax code sound interesting. Or an ad for a […]
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“I would never write about someone who was not at the end of his rope.”—Novelist Stanley Elkin Over the weekend I listened to more than four hours of interview with actor Matthew McConaughey. (The Joe Rogan Experience, The Tim Ferris Show, and WTF with Marc Maron). McConaughey was promoting his new book Greenlights and I’ll […]
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