"There were a number of books about Bill Wilson, and by him, but a lot of the basic biographical tasks had not been done."

-- Susan Cheever

#Book Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Bills Quotes

“What is more important is finding the soul of the character, and making sure it fits well into this story. And that it be dramatic and interesting and captivating, because these people weren't entertainers, you know.”
“Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me.”
“It is delightful some times to sit with an ingenious friend, He understands you before you having said anything.”
“Have I missed a national holiday? There must be celebrations in the streets for you to be home at this hour of the day." "I'm calling it Summerset Goes Mute Day. The city's gone mad with joy.”
“Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.”
“moral, adj. Conforming to a local and mutable standard of right. Having the quality of general expediency.”
“I know there are writers who get up every morning and sit by their typewriter or word processor or pad of paper and wait to write. I don't function that way. I go through a long period of gestation before I'm even ready to write.”
“There are three things that are important for a film. Number one is story, number two is story, number three is story. Good actors can save a bad script and make it bearable, but good actors can't make a bad script good - they can just make it bearable.”

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