Lame Duck Period
UNITED STATES—In Danny’s coffee shop Uncle John looked at me levelly and said, “Someday you are going to hit it big.” He said it...
Grand Finale
UNITED STATES—The filmmaker Everett Lewis with whom I was collaborating on “The Strawberry Butterfly” used to peer down and say “yep yep yep” when...
A Funny Thing Happened At The Bank
UNITED STATES—As 1991 matured from spring to autumn, Ahmet, the Turkish husband of Dee had his second job in Santa Monica, in addition to...
Sitting Pretty
UNITED STATES—Money in the bank--that's what this new iteration of the screenplay way. Confident, buoyant, even a little cocky. It was heady to be...
Resolutions
UNITED STATES—I get steamed when radio DJs start chirping about resolutions, usually a couple days before people put on the funny hats and start...
Collaboration
UNITED STATES—The writer-director Everett Lewis called me up a week or so later and said he had read my screenplay. He said it was...