It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up.
“The reflection of the flame in the glass seems to be touching the hand. And you feel the helpless fear of these dismembered parts. This sort of thing can hardly be visualized at the script stage.”
“The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.”