- Was present the day George Lucas began writing the first draft of Star Wars: Épisode IV - Un nouvel espoir (1977). Although he does not remember it, everyone present that day claims he came up with the infamous line "In a galaxy far, far away..." when Lucas asked how he should begin the script.
- Introduced a young filmmaker to an up and coming actor over dinner. The filmmaker was Martin Scorsese and the actor was Robert De Niro.
- Did uncredited rewriting of James Cameron's Titanic (1997) script, transforming the director's "scriptment" into a screenplay and contributing about a third of the dialog.
- Former film critic for Rolling Stone.
- Did uncredited work on the script for "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988).
- Former Time Magazine writer.
- Is a close friend of novelist/journalist P.F. Kluge (author of Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)). The two attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio (Paul Newman's alma mater).
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