"Preston Sturges, who wrote The Palm Beach Story, said screenplay writing is architecture. That's why it's so rare to read one that's any good."

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Hampton Fancher

#Beach Quotes #Writing Quotes #Architecture Quotes

“You know Mildred would never do anything wrong or foolish. I reflected a little sadly that this was only too true and hoped I did not appear too much that kind of person to others. Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all strive after it, but it can sometimes be a little depressing.”

Source : Barbara Pym (2006). “Excellent Women”, p.39, Penguin
“But I loved the script to 7th Heaven and couldn't say no. It made me laugh and cry, and I was hooked. I'd love to know who turned it down, because I'm sure at least one other actor did. But I'm glad he did, whoever it was.”
“The tradition of nonviolence, optimism, concern for the individual, and unconditional compassion that developed in Tibet is the culmination of a slow inner revolution, a cool one, hard to see, that began 2,500 years ago with the Buddha's insight about the end of suffering. What I have learned from these people has forever changed my life, and I believe their culture contains an inner science particularly relevant to the difficult time in which we live.”
“Nothing is the mirror in which you see the world.”
“I base all of my relationships on trust, and I try to prove that trust to begin with, and so there isn't any question.”
“I live between fantasy and reality at all times. In that way, Iâ€™m a librarian.”
“It's about doing it in a way that it can't be done any better. That is the goal every day.”
“If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.”

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