The art of life: Lessons from a Disney screenplay writer “Life teaches you the art of widening your horizon by exposing you to challenges,” writes Vidhya Iyer, a screenplay writer working in Hollywood. 0 claps Share on It is often said that life is the best teacher, and I couldn’t agree more. I spent the first decade of my life in Nigeria, and at the age of 12, I moved to my homeland — Chennai, India. This was when I used to live by myself and grasp different stories each day through interaction with the community, watching television, and reading books. Vidhya Iyer