I got to know Eric when I volunteered to serve on the Worship & Music Committee at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood.  He is employed by the church as our Worship Director, and so attended the committee meetings ( Read more... )

Now, mind you, I like a lot of William Goldman's work.  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Princess Bride.  He's a terrific writer.

But he is also responsible for the single most problematic quotation associated with Hollywood in existence.  I firmly believe that it has become an excuse for storytellers in Hollywood to turn off their brains, to ( Read more... )