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A lot of screenwriters have a drawer of unsold scripts that they cut their teeth on. I don't have one. Everything I've written, after my first spec, I wrote on assignment. Everything I've written was work.

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Jon Spaihts
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 1
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