I'm more influenced by novelists than I am by filmmakers.
The thing about a motion picture is that look of film on a big screen takes you into a magical.
Usually with film writing I start with characters, and set about writing their story.
The independent film business is pretty much gone. Now you can do it in a format where you actually get to develop a character over a period of time.
Independent films now, they want to give you $2 million to make it, 21 days to shoot it and they want 10 movie stars in it.
I think everybody's contemplating TV now, because mid-level and high-budget independent films are not being made now.