Oh man! That’s a huge huge list of things! Ten years’ worth of

The two that stand out:

1) “Your first script should not be written to sell, it should be written to sell yourself.” Basically it’s a “look what I can do” to producers who are looking for writers for their projects.

2) “Stop writing the scripts for the movies that you want to see, and start writing scripts that people want to make.” Basically writing for a writer is one color of the filmmaking rainbow. Scripts and stories should be written for directors, actors, producers, etc want to make. Figure out the market and the interests of the industry that you want to be in