Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Read part one of this column-spanning interview with the writer of the Vietnam War mini-series THE OTHER SIDE and the ongoing crime series SCALPED, both for Vertigo (including an exclusive script-to-page comparison of four pages from THE OTHER SIDE #1!)
And tomorrow, part 2 of his interview will appear in Caleb Monroe's Making Good column.