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Though he worked as a producer on the Emmy-nominated “The Alienist,” alumnus Eric Roth said he prefers working as a writer. He aims to remain accurate to small details when working on historical films such as the TNT drama. (Courtesy of Julia Hannafin)

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Q&#038;A: Screenwriter Eric Roth on bringing history and fiction into harmony

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Eric Roth doesn’t sleep very much and whizzes through two or three books a week. The “Forrest Gump” writer and UCLA alumnus said his voracious reading is often used as precursive research to develop characters in screenplays.

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Q&A: Screenwriter Eric Roth on bringing history and fiction into harmony

By Raunak Devjani

Sept. 3, 2018 8:29 p.m.