"The job of the screenplay is to identify and extract the essence of the story from the novel and reconfigure it for the screen, maintaining its essence in a different vehicle."

-- Barry Eisler

#Jobs Quotes #Essence Quotes #Different Quotes

“Axiom : Novel must have either one living character or a perfect pattern: fails otherwise.”
“I feel like it doesn't matter how much I sell; I know what kind of product I have. It's going to be legendary. I know it's going to last forever. I know once people hear it, people will be like, "Damn. This is really it."”

Source : Interview with Sowmya Krishnamurthy, www.askmen.com.
“You can't treat your voice badly and expect it to stay around.”
“Conservatism is the policy of make no change and consult your grandmother when in doubt.”
“I was a veteran, before I was a teenager.”
“You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Cinema is far too rich and capable a medium to be merely left to the storytellers.”

Source : "Being Naked - Playing Dead: The Art of Peter Greenaway". Book by Alan Woods, 1996.
“In Arizona we have passed laws to free our people so that they can defend themselves and their loved ones. You cannot predict where evil will raise its head, but you can be prepared for it.”

Source : "Russell Pearce On Colorado Shootings: ‘Had Someone Been Prepared And Armed, They Could Have Stopped This “Bad” Man’" By Chris Gentilviso, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 22, 2012.

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