Later in the conversation, the outsider would always ask, ‘When you say you wrote the screenplay, just what exactly does that mean?’ To which I would say, ‘I came up with the idea, wrote the entire story including creating all the characters, every scene, one scene after the other, what happens in the scene, where they take place, what time of day, all the action, and everything all the characters said.’ And they would be silent for a brief second, and then they’d respond with ‘Really?’

Dale Launer (Ruthless People, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, My Cousin Vinny)

It’s a little sad how many times I’ve had this exact conversation.

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