"Secure writers don't sell first drafts. They patiently rewrite until the script is as director-ready, as actor-ready as possible. Unfinished work invites tampering, while polished, mature work seals its integrity."

-- Robert McKee

#Integrity Quotes #Actors Quotes #Scripts Quotes

“The dominant mood of contemporary American culture is the self-celebration of the peasantry.”

Source : "In Defense of Elitism". Book by William A. Henry III, 1994.
“Generality is, indeed, an indispensable ingredient of reality; for mere individual existence or actuality without any regularity whatever is a nullity. Chaos is pure nothing.”
“I dedicate this to all those who did not live to tell it. And may they please forgive me for not having seen it all nor remembered it all, for not having divined all of it - from The Gulag Archipelago”
“It's always a problem - you've got to figure out a place to put your body. You've got to wake up in the morning and deal with the fact that you have this body to lug around.”

Source : Interview with Scott Indrisek, believermag.com. October 1, 2006.
“When I was a kid, I remember playing hockey outside and whenever you did, you thought about playing for Finland vs. Sweden. Thats just the way it was.”
“Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.”
“As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turns to the deadliest hate.”
“In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.”

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