"Screenwriting is always about what people say or do, whereas good writing is about a thought process or an abstract image or an internal monologue, none of which works on screen."

-- David Nicholls

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Abstract Quotes

“Those who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced ...the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose.”
“I questioned everything. I didn't see a character developed in Platoon at all. The character in Blue Velvet was much more fascinating to me”
“I don't feel any different than I did when I was 40. But I realize mathematically, I'm equidistant between that and 80. I'll keep doing this for a while, but I'm not going to be one of these people who hang on just for the sake of being on the air.”
“Sex appeal alone is the poorest basis in the world for a happy marriage.”

Source : John R. Rice (1980). “The Home: Courtship, Marriage, and Children”, p.43, Sword of the Lord Publishers
“I was often the only white girl in the Indian dance class. That felt funny, but doing Indian dance was great.”
“Even a witch wants sympathy.”

Source : Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.130, A&C Black
“Extraordinarily excessive sensuality it may be .. but it all comes down to the same thing in the end, and one means is surely as good as another, since the end obtained is always the same. In any case the exceptional, endlessly repeated, is no different than the banal; and unceasing recapitulation can add nothing, in the end, to the sum of experience. I am weary and hopeless three times the dupe. Why have you trained me in the shame of abominable sins?”
“Did you ever meet someone named Caleb?" I say. 'Caleb," Fernando says. "Yes, there was a Caleb in my initiate class. Brilliant, but he was... what's the colloquial term for it? A suck-up." he smirks.”

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