"Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"

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Source : "Crossings: David Mamet’s Work in Different Genres and Media". Book by Johan Callens, 2009.

David Mamet

#Want Quotes #Able Quotes #Three Quotes

“Most men I know rely on women to do all the literal dirty work.”
“It is not man the ecological crisis threatens to destroy but the quality of human life.”
“Nothing soothes me more after a long and maddening course of pianoforte recitals than to sit and have my teeth drilled.”
“For twenty years, my research has shown that the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life. It can determine whether you become the person you want to be and whether you accomplish the things you value.”

Source : Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.6, Random House
“In this modern world plagued with counterfeits for the Lord's plan, we must not be misled into supposing that we can discharge our obligations to the poor and the needy by shifting the responsibility to some governmental or other public agency. Only by voluntarily giving out of an abundant love for our neighbors can we develop that charity characterized by Mormon as "the pure love of Christ." (Moro.7:47) This we must develop if we would obtain eternal life.”
“I've always loved high style in low company.”
“I never did learn how to live in the moment, but I did learn that moments could be wasted and the world would continue to spin on its axis.”

Source : Eloisa James (2012). “Paris in Love”, p.14, Nicholas Brealey Publishing
“Life can give you strength. Strength can come from facing the storms of life, from knowing loss, feeling sadness and heartache, from falling into the depths of grief. You must stand up in the storm. You must face the wind and the cold and the darkness. When the storm blows hard you must stand firm, for it is not trying to knock you down, it is really trying to teach you to be strong.”

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