His symptoms included respiratory problems and stomach pains with high fevers and nausea.
He seemed quite confident about his future prospects, saying, "When I learned there was such a thing as entertainment law, I thought, 'This is where I belong'".
[citation needed] Back in Los Angeles, Bass began a seventeen-year career practicing law in the entertainment business.
As he moved up the career ladder in law, the love of writing that Bass had acquired as a child never left him.
In 1974, he began to rework his novel Voleur, apparently from memory, as he had burned the manuscript in a fit of pique when he was 17.
[3] As a screenwriter, Bass is known for successfully working in collaboration with other writers, including Amy Tan on The Joy Luck Club and Al Franken on When a Man Loves a Woman.
[4][5] Please see the WGA screenwriting credit system for an explanation of the terms story by, screenplay by, and written by.
Also note that under the rules of the Writers Guild of America, Bass has not received on-screen credit for every script he has contributed to.