The Best Film Writer

Is easily David Thomson. He disses on the writers strike here.

The man brings perspective and wisdom and boy does he nail it:

"Thus the great dilemma of the Writers Guild is a very good working life for a few, and far too little dignity to share around. The strike is pitched on the idea of "fairness", but I think that's a myth. The American movie business has never been and has no intention of being fair. It screws those who work for it, and it screws the most successful by paying them so much. It's like the prison system at Alcatraz: give the worst offenders big meals, central heating, cosy beds and they won't break out."