You take some creative license when you make a movie, and things can be a little bit different.
In film, you get the license to try and go for emotions that you normally try to keep away from you.
I did some pretty bad things as a teenager. When I was 13, I took my friend's mom's car out for a joyride, and I actually managed to hit somebody else's car. No one was hurt, but needless to say, I didn't get behind the wheel again until I had my driver's license.
Writing gives me the license to go, explore, and learn about the world.
When I first got my driver's license, I was hit by a drunk driver. He was coming off of a freeway, and I was hurt pretty badly from somebody driving really fast.
When I turned 16 and got my license, the Chevy Blazer was passed down from my sister, so it was very much a starter car.
Of course I have the license to make up things, but I think a lot of what's written about China is misleading, and most Americans don't know much about China, in-depth, even though China is such a crucial business partner, rival, whatever.
At the end of the day, though, there are a huge number of considerations that our management team go through before accepting any project - checking out the license is just one of them.
I took my first flying lesson in 1967, when I was 16. By October 1968, I had 70 hours in the air and got my pilot's license.
You have to take some dramatic license just to make it entertaining sometimes.
