Tony Grisoni famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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You've got to write badly. If you write badly at least you've got something to rewrite. If you're scared to write badly, then you've got nothing.
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A new writer starting out today, whether it's for TV or film, they have to remember that they're telling the story to themselves first of all, and they have to tell the story so that their life depends upon it.
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Music, I find, gets you out of a trap [when screenwriting], because it speaks to your emotions directly, it's an abstract thing, it's not concerned with plot or story. And so music really helps - often I'll listen to the music and just write anything, just to get through.
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The best thing a writer can do is walk. Walking gives you ideas.
-- Tony Grisoni
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Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
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If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis', which would save a lot of trouble.
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He [Hemingway] used a stand-up work place he had fashioned out of the top of of a bookcase near his bed. His portable typewriter was snugged in there and papers were spread along the top of the bookcase on either side of it. He used a reading board for longhand writing.
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The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.
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The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.
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I'm scared to death that I'll never be afraid
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I don't see the risk, I enjoy performing stunts, and I don't get scared.
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Always question your fear, Anh. there's almost never a good reason to be scared.
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I rock because sometimes I'm scared and that's alright. I rock because I'm not afraid to cry. I rock because I'm loved and I'm able to love. I rock...I rock.
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Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, and scared
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