American - Writer | August 25, 1964 -
Being the director - way fancier than 'just' being the writer. People call you 'talent.'
Marti Noxon
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On 'Sex and The City', when Carrie talked about money problems, I would always think, 'Sell your shoes!'
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I think women can relate to the feeling that we're internalizing too many demands, and we're trying to be good at everything, but one day, we're going to snap.
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I'm a big believer in 'Trojan horses' - There are certain themes that are more palatable when wrapped in something fun or distracting.
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I'm a huge fan of Kathryn Bigelow's 'Near Dark.'
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The dream of doing what I do started with watching movies by Mr. Spielberg, like 'Close Encounters,' 'Poltergeist,' and 'E.T.' That was the beginning of my obsession.
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When you work in television, it's an isolating experience. You rarely ever get to watch it with an audience.
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I certainly often go to a movie and don't remember exactly what the trailer had in it, except that it looked cool.
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I spent some time in Vegas when I was doing some canvassing for Obama back in 2008.
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Test audiences are notorious for getting kind of itchy when people talk too much, and you have to trust your instincts that they don't necessarily understand that you're not digesting the movie on a scene-by-scene basis.
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I've never had as much success as when I say to myself, 'I get that. I know what the feelings that that character would be going through would be like. I can feel a through line from beginning to end.'
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I love being in a public space where teenagers are talking. And the funny thing is that it hasn't changed that much. There's certainly slang that I'm not familiar with, but among the average teen, it's still the same.
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