I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis. –Humphrey Bogart
You think life in law and business is hard? What if all your partners were grandiose, spoiled, drunk, or poised to shoot a wild animal every morning before work? Okay, you say it’s a lot like that now. Well, making John Huston’s The African Queen was no summer picnic, either. To get a better idea of the kind of talent and guts it takes to make it as a writer or producer in Hollywood, visit Neely Swanson’s No Meaner Place: Hollywood writing, ups, downs, more downs, productions, persistence and dreams.
(updated from April 24, 2010 post)