With 'Brick' there was the Dashiell Hammett influence, and with 'Brothers Bloom' there was a really strong Fellini influence - both those movies wore that on their sleeve.
Some scientists use TeX or LatEX but for most people Word is the thing that writers use these days.
In a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films because they seem to be the most challenging and unique.

