It was almost comical that he had gained the reputation as the man who worked without a script. Writing had been a passion throughout his life. He wrote and revised dozens of scripts and plays over the course of the next few years, and systematized a practice he had begun more desultorily in the mid-1970s of holding dramatic readings at his house on the weekends. Neither Cassavetes nor Rowlands enjoyed the L.A. party scene, so rather than going out and making the rounds the couple would invite friends like Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, Meade Roberts, Paul Stewart, Rob Reiner, Elaine May, Carol Kane, Seymour Cassel and Ted Allan to their house to sight-read scripts by Cassavetes and others – new scripts, old scripts, revised scripts, scripts written by friends and acquaintances, and old classics. During the week, when he wasn’t busy acting in someone else’s film, Cassavetes either rewrote the Saturday night material or worked on other scripts in his office.