“I get a call from my agent. He’s like, Leonard DiCaprio’s manager just read the script. She loves it. She’s giving it to Leo. And then I’m getting a call, like, okay, he’s gonna read it tomorrow. Then I get a call the next day, he...
“Well, the best I can say is create inventory. Don’t think that the first thing that you do is precious….don’t harbor the illusion that that is going to be the thing… to send you into the stratosphere. Don’t try to second guess...
“I think I learned a really, really important lesson…. always give your audience what they expect…play to their perception, to their point of view and not your point of view and what you want to do. You’ve always got to think about your...
“Just try new things. I mean, my whole life has been fun because I was willing to try writing screenplays, try writing a novel, try lecturing on the brain. Don’t be timid about it. Go for it. You can do it…also, you will want to give up many times....
“And I said, I don’t know any editor. The only editor I’ve ever heard of is Jacqueline Onassis, and he said, she might be interested in this. And so he submitted the proposal to her…and that was it. The first time I went to her...
