“Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels aren't necessarily about that.”
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I never worry about people not taking my work seriously as a result of the humor. In the end, the comic's best trick is the illusion that comedy is effortless. That people imagine what he's doing is easy is an occupational hazard.
HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned.
You just kind of have faith. If that sounds kind of mystical, it's because I really don't know how it works, but I trust that it does. I try to write the way I read, in order to find out what happens next.
Structure is one of the things that I always hope will reveal itself to me.
