I think I got spoiled and that writing a short story and getting it published, or writing a novel and getting it published, you pretty much get to do the first, second and third draft yourself without a whole lot of interference.
I take more jobs when I need more money, if I`m investing in films. I take fewer when I don`t. Or if something really good comes along, I usually find a way to do a good job on it in the time that I`ve got.
I remember being out here at the Sunset Marquis, and whoever knocked on the door, I would take that picture that I was writing and I would put that in the typewriter, so when I had the meeting, they would say: `Oh, you`re working on it right now?`
I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn`t something I wanted to be. An outfielder was something to be. Most of what I know about style I learned from Roberto Clemente.
I think I got spoiled and that writing a short story and getting it published, or writing a novel and getting it published, you pretty much get to do the first, second and third draft yourself without a whole lot of interference.
