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“I had my group of friends, and they stayed my group of friends, they were good about that. We all started to succeed at the same time, so that sort of took the curse off it. I didn't have a bunch of people scowling at me and being potentially jealous. I just had good friends who I was able to help, and they helped me. Yet it eventually came to feel debilitating.”

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Shane Black

Shane Black, born on December 16, 1961, is a renowned American screenwriter. His works primarily focus on action and science fiction genres, with his most famous contributions including the 'Iron Man' series and the 'Dark Knight' trilogy. Black is known for his tight scripts and profound character development. more

“It really started after The Long Kiss Goodnight sold for just a sinful amount of money. People were angry that I took the money. People offer you $4 million for a script - what are you going to say? "No, I'd rather sell it for $100,000"? But it engendered so much anger, I lost friends over it. And no one talked about the creative content of anything I did any more. They all just assumed I was this guy with a formula, a hack formula.”

People Long Guy Creative Kissing Over It Lost Friend

Author:Shane Black

“The spotlight was on me. I pretended it wasn't, but it was, and for every wrong reason. It was all about money, it was all about my supposed competition with Joe Eszterhas over who'd be the highest-paid screenwriter. I didn't care. I just wanted to write stories, try to become a better writer, improve my style, change genres, even try new things. I didn't like action so much any more.”

Writing Trying Reason Care Action Style Competition

Author:Shane Black

“I think a lot of people - by the time I came back with a script I liked, which took me many years, they'd forgotten who I was. Doors all the time are slamming, you meet friends that you've had for years, you'd go to the studio, and they'd say things to indicate clearly that they hadn't read it, or that they'd had their assistant sort of skim it. They wouldn't buy it. They wouldn't make it.”

People Thinking Forgotten

Author:Shane Black

“Humans are crude linguists from the moment of birth - and perhaps even in the womb - to the extent at least that we can hear spoken sounds and begin to recognize different combinations of language sounds.”

Humans Different Moments Language Sound Birth Combination Womb Crude Linguists

Author:Jeffrey Kluger