"As a practical matter, I like the dramatic monologue for its compelling intimacy. To be inside one's character, to register his or her every vagrant thought, emotion, and response - the first-person viewpoint grants this privilege and immediacy."

-- Norman Lock

#Character Quotes #Viewpoints Quotes #Matter Quotes

“If knowledge is power and power corrupt, does knowledge corrupt?”
“I was a lesbian for a semester at Wesleyan - it was a graduation requirement.”
“I'm currently single, so I want to have fun! As for what guys need to do to date out of their league, it's all about the swagger. If you have confidence, you can get pretty much any girl.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I am comfortable talking about sex scenes and stuff, but to me, when it's physically explicit, I do feel prudish and uncomfortable.”
“Average Americans, middle-class citizens, just feel disenfranchised by our government. And they feel particularly unhappy by what is perceived as business-as-usual politics in Washington.”
“Dusty Rhodes wouldn't win a body building contest for best abs, MacMahon, he'd win for MOST abs.”
“Every time someone does a Western movie, people flock to it. It's like, we're continually programming to people who are least likely to watch us. People in Nebraska aren't watching things on the computer, they're watching television. Why aren't we programming things for them? We only program things that appeal to New York and Los Angeles and in many ways spit on the rest of the country.”

Source : Source: deadline.com
“It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they don't. I've written many things in which the characters just remain inert.”

Source : "Horns and Halos: An Interview with Neil Jordan". Interview with Michael Koresky, reverseshot.org. November 10, 2005.

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