1. I agree that "stories matter like hell" and it was great to read that in the interview. 2. As someone whose strong suit is not dialogue, it was also reassuring to hear Nicholson say it's not the "big thing we write".

Shaula, I have a quote somewhere with, I believe, William Goldman who says that dialogue is the least important aspect of a screenplay. And having been involved in over a dozen WGA credit arbitration cases as an arbiter, of the four major areas of analysis, dialogue is the last on the list in terms of importance.