I began this blog after reading Spike Lee’s excellent book Spike Lee’s Gotta Have It, which explores the making of Lee’s first feature, She’s Gotta Have It. I’m a big fan of books where directors detail their...

For those on the wrong side of up, don’t worry – you will get there. For those feeling down, don’t worry – your time will come. Anything can be reversed and nothing is concrete. Keep trying...

Note: This article was originally written some time ago – around 2011. These habits are now a part of me. I’ve left it up (like a lot of other posts on this site), as I...

One subtle thing that I’ve really found makes a lot of difference to my interactions, whether they be filmmaking related (on-set, for instance) or in business, is using people’s names! It may sound so simple,...

In the self-development book The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle tells us that we should eliminate internal conversations with ourselves; that we should destroy that “voice inside our heads.” This is all about eliminating negativity. However,...

I want to talk about the subject of success in today’s blog post. I’ve talked about this before on the site in a few places. And, really, it’s the subtext of pretty much everything we...

I recently had a conversation with a filmmaker friend who was questioning his path in life and whether filmmaking was the right thing for him. I approached my response to him in an unusual way. It’s...

Wanted to tackle something a little more complex in this post today. Here goes! I’ve felt this way for a long time, years in fact. I don’t know where to begin with it, nor really...

Seize the day! You’ve heard that one before, right? Most likely in the awesome Robin Williams film, Dead Poets Society. Some of us let minutes, hours, even days fly by. We’re all guilty of it...