Blogosphere reactions: Day one

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Obviously I’m torn, because someday I hope to be a WGA writer and take advantage of gains in residuals for new media, etc, etc.

But this just seems like it is going to be a train wreck for everyone. It’s easy to see this being half a year of hell in which everyone on both sides loses lots of money, before finally coming to an agreement that they could have made yesterday.

--Professional script reader ‘Scott the Reader’ on Alligators in a Helicopter

Gee, I hope Paul Haggis got his James Bond script in on time. And Paul, if you decide to join us in picketing you can’t park in your space on the lot.

--Screenwriter Ken Levine on …by Ken Levine

To me, trying to assess the worth of writers is like trying to quantify love. How? And why? But for those who seek to diminish us with numbers, I say...

Imagine no Han Solo, and no Annie Hall.

No Gatsby, Soprano, no Scarlett O’Hara.

There never was Seinfeld. There’s no Jon Stewart tomorrow. No Seagull, or Spring Awakening -- there’s no morning paper. No Rumi and Hafiz poems to transcend time, nor a single blog you can use for procrastination.

--Writer Billy Mernit on Living the Romantic Comedy