"have a much harder time writing stories than novels. I need the expansiveness of a novel and the propulsive energy it provides. When I think about scene - and when I teach scene writing - I'm thinking about questions. What questions are raised by a scene? What questions are answered? What questions persist from scene to scene to scene?"

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Edan Lepucki

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Energy Quotes

“Falling on your face, at the very least, is a forward movement.”
“People ask me whether I think that one day I might wake up one morning and run dry, but I've had the opposite feeling - that I would die before I had time to write all the ideas in my drawer.”
“Directors are denied a great pleasure, which is that of being on stage.”
“In this respect, granting homosexuals the right to marry is like granting plantation owners the right to own slaves.”
“Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious.”
“There's a lot of thinking when you choreograph something. You're not just choreographing some bodies, arms, legs flying around to look cool. It's a lot more complicated and sophisticated. You also have to deal with the connection of the whole film, so when I choreograph, I think of the movement itself, the camera angles, the characters.”
“That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.”
“I think it's important to show a husband and a wife together, in a room, raising children, because you don't see that anymore.”

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