Screenwriting : How about this? by Jeremy Kriss

That may have been true for Vidal who some would say had a corner on the bitchiness market, but the film business every friend who succeeds becomes an increasingly important contact for your career.

Well said (written), Richard.

Opposite for me. I love when my friend succeed because that's one more person I can hit up for $20 if I fail...

Nope. Love hearing about friends' successes.

I think you can both be genuinely happy for a friends' success, but also have a little piece of you die. I think they can be mutually exclusive.

At least he's being honest. It's a pretty well known psychological phenomena.

We're all different, with diverse successes. If you love your friend, you'll be happy for them. If you don't love them much, then it really doesn't matter does it? You can then be envious and "die a little" at their success.

I'm saying I can love my friend and still want to stab them in the neck a little bit for their success.

Gore's problem, not mine.

Wow, the only reason your friends succeed is because of you? Talk about ones own vanity...

Was Gore the first frenemy?

Speaking of which, I've never understood why there are so many TV shows about friends who hate each other.