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177. Angus Fletcher — 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature

The Michael Shermer Show

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The Audience Wants Something New. Trust the Audience

In his whole career, i've written scripts that have not gotten made because i've always put the audience ahead of the studio exec. The problem in hollywood is you can't really do that until you get to the point where you're powerful enough, essentially, to become an alter. And what the audience wants is something new. Don't listen to anyone else her than the audience. Trust the audience.

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