Most Shows, Buying Shows, Have A Standard

Do I Want To Start My Own Production Company? No, I Doubt It. I'm Too Old For That. I Don't Want To Start Anything.

You Must Always Assume That The Relationship Between Writer And Producer Is That Of Adversaries - However You Slice It. They May Be Your Dearest Friends, And They'll Invite You To Dinner, But When All The Smoke Clears And The Ozone Lifts, Your Enemy Is The Producer, That's The Guy You're Competing With, And You Have To Battle Him, Just As If You Were An Adversary.

I Remember The First Sale I Made Was A Hundred And Fifty Dollars For A Radio Script, And, As Poor As I Was, I Didn't Cash The Check For Three Months. I Kept Showing It To People.

Somehow, Some Way, Incredibly Enough, Good Writing Ultimately Gets Recognized. If You're A Really Good Writer And Deserve That Honored Position, Then By God, You'll Write, And You'll Be Read.

I Don't Have Any System. I Dictate A Lot, Through A Machine, And I Also Have A Secretary. But I Used To Type Just Like Everybody Else.