I like action, not necessarily shoot-'em-up, but a forward moving story. My many years as soap head writer of a very talented team of associates heightened and underscored this inclination. Turn the page! Tune in tomorrow! A Friday cliff hanger! What'll happen on Monday? As a child, I was often left in my uncle's movie theatre where the movies of Hollywood's Golden Age were my baby-sitters. I became used to linear story telling and still respond strongly to it. I like to entertain, to surprise, to amuse.