There are times when I like them and might make them a little too nice. A scene between people who agree is a waste of time. Sometimes you'll find a fascinating character you like and they'll take the story off in the wrong direction. As interesting as that character might be, you can't let them destroy the story. The most memorable moment was when I realized people liked what I was writing enough to pay me for it.
Nothing can ever compare with that moment.
It wasn't until a few days later that wondered if I was really that good, or did those people just have no taste. I'm sitting at the breakfast table, reading the L.A. Times and having my first cup of coffee, and I see an article about one of my scripts being read into the Congressional Record by Senator William Proxmire. The ordinary man caught in an extraordinary situation. There was more than one. The first was James R. Webb who gave me my first piece of advice when I decided to be a writer.