"Directing is such a crucial part of the writing process; you start directing and you see what does not work. "Oh, God, what was I thinking?" and then you can rearrange it."

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Source : "Conor McPherson and Ciarán Hinds of 'The Eclipse'". Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.com. March 25, 2010.

Conor McPherson

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Yes, I've now got this nice little apartment in New York, one of those L-shaped ones. Unfortunately, it's a lower case l.”
“sunshine is just beyond the clouds" Carl Joesph Gunner”
“When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You are talking anti-Semitism.”
“Love is maintain'd by wealth: when all is spent, Adversity then breeds the discontent.”
“You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it's not what you do, but the way you're doing it and in the end that's all that we have”
“Force is the weapon of the weak.”
“Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity.”
“I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares contradict him.”

Source : Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Interview, www.pbs.org. December 19, 2003.

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