I finished a book recently called Hollywood Economics by a brilliant

The professional code among comedy writers dictates that if you have a friend who is producing a pilot, you are honor-bound to volunteer your services for the pilot week...

So a few mornings ago, I'm walking my dog along Ocean Front Walk in

I'm sort of a neat person. I try to stay organized. Not out of any creepy OCD kind of thing – I mean, I know a guy who, when he buys a new package of athletic socks, labels and numbers them with a sharpie – you know, 1L, 1R, for pair number one, left foot, pair number one, right foot. Just in case...

A guy I know tells this story: He and a student friend are in Paris.

A few years ago, I went to cooking school, briefly, and I learned a

I went to an event a few weeks ago for the launch of a new web media company.  I go to those kinds of things about once every, well these days, about once a day.  There are zillions of these new web enterprises around, all with the kinds of fanciful, made-up names that create the image of young, fun-loving kids in interesting t-shirts watching web videos as they sit in some cool bar waiting for their ultimate Frisbee friends to show up or text them or meet them where their favorite band is playing...

The first thing an amateur writer does, when he sits down to create a television series, is to figure it all out.  He'll map out characters, interrelationships, future story arcs, possible late season developments -– you know, actually create a series...

A few years ago, a friend of mine shot a pilot. It was supposed to be a

I have an actress friend from India -- she's a Bollywood starlet -- and