What I really want to do is direct

the long version

This unique book follows seven enthusiastic would-be moviemakers through three years of struggle, misadventure, and triumph in the film business. All are talented, ambitious, and driven by the desire to direct movies. All have come to the ultimate dream factory, Hollywood, to realize their dreams. Exactly what happens to them and their illusions is told in their own excruciatingly honest words, making this a most intimate and revealing look inside the system of moviemaking.