"Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work."

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Paddy Chayefsky

#Art Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.”
“The man of knowledge in our time is bowed down under a burden he never imagined he would ever have: the overproduction of truth that cannot be consumed.”
“Ever absent, ever near; Still I see thee, still I hear; Yet I cannot reach thee, dear!”
“Dialogue is generally the worst choice for exposition. When you're writing lines you need to focus on the way people actually talk. And when we talk to each other we never actually explain our terms. We don't say 'Sweetheart, would you pass me the sugar bowl, which we picked up for a song at that antique stall in Munich.'”
“My children love my mother, and I tell my children, that is not the same woman I grew up with...That is an old woman trying to get into heaven now.”
“Good food, good vibes. Keep up the good work.”
“I think I work in two worlds. I'll always try to kick through a wall. I did that when I was younger and I still have my way of doing that.”
“Is there any evidence to the contrary? I don't need certainty in order to act on a well-founded suspicion.”

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