- Don't become inflexible about what comedy looks like. If no one's buying lowest-common-denominator 80's comedy, get with it and write specific-audience 00's comedy.
- Don't imagine you know more than everyone you're working with;
- Don't tell people you know more than everyone you're working with;
- Don't get bitter. No one asked you to be a screenwriter;
- Save your money while you're hot. One day you won't be hot any more.
The audience is never wrong. Studio execs have more access to the audience than you do. They may be wrong on specifics, that's why they hire you. But if you keep thinking they are wrong across the board, it's you.
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Well, that's a different spin on the book than I was getting. I'm now 43 pages away from the end and have enjoyed it a great deal. Sure Andrew's coming from a cynical, somewhat self-centric point of view -- but who in Hollywood isn't caustic and always looking out for themselves first? I've never even been in the same orbit as the world he lives and works in, so all I can do is sympathize, laugh, groan and shake my head in disgust as I read along, not knowing any better, I guess.
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