No matter how tempting it is to blurt out your brilliance, the safest bet is to keep mum. To producers, directors, executives, assistants – and especially other writers. This carries an added advantage. Some writer, I forget who, held the policy of “only tell your story on paper.” He maintained that when he told the story verbally, his need to communicate it was satisfied, and he’d lose the impulse to write it. I’m inclined to agree.
– Terry Rossio (Steal this Column)
