I'm a historian in my own mind.
I'm not a Hollywood basher because enough good movies come out of the Hollywood system every year to justify its existence, without any apologies.
I'm very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I've never really considered myself a writer.
I've always thought John Travolta is one of the greatest movie stars Hollywood has ever produced.
I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty.
If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
I wasn't trying to top Pulp Fiction with Jackie Brown. I wanted to go underneath it and make a more modest character study movie.