“Wallace Beery Jr—when I do Showboat, I actually try and take things from certain actors to incorporate them in my performance. There were some physical things he’d do in the movies—when he’d get mad, he’d grab his belt and shift his trousers—I incorporated that.” Dan Tullis Jr.
“The way I understand it—especially in the deep south—you put a white guy with a black guy on a chain gang, it was the ultimate humiliation.” Dan Tullis Jr.
“I had a student at Santa Monica College. One day, he got out of bed. He killed his brother, he killed his father. He came on campus and killed three more people. Luckily, I wasn’t on campus that day.” Ron Brewington
“Two things have always made a movie a hit. Sex and violence. But now with the use of special effects–every time you go to the movies with all these special effects–that spoils the audience. So the next time they go to a movie they want to see something better than the last. If you want…
“Sam Cooke for some odd reason liked prostitutes—and his love of prostitutes is what lead to him being killed here in Los Angeles.” Ron Brewington
“Screenwriting and novels are really very different. In some ways, novels are easier because you have the narrative to explain, whereas a screenplay it’s in the dialogue—and that’s a skill that needs to be absorbed.” Carolyn Howard-Johnson
“It doesn’t hurt to know the publishing industry, but you write because you have a great story that needs to be told. Don’t conform your writing to popular genres.” Carolyn Howard-Johnson
“When you’re raised in an area where there’s a unique culture, it helps your writing because you’re exposed to things the general public isn’t exposed to—it gives you the types of settings Tennessee Williams had.” Carolyn Howard-Johnson
“Alan Ladd, Joel McCrea and Jack Broome were as nice and friendly as any one you’d meet. Like talking to an old friend on a city street.” Roger Putnam
“1960 broke the all-time record for calls received in a 24 hour period by the Camarillo fire department—that number was eight.” Roger Putnam