"I feel like I know how to write plot."

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Source : "‘Enlightened,’‘Girls’ And ‘Homeland’: Mike White On How His HBO Show Measures Up" by Maureen Ryan, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 15, 2013.

Mike White

#Writing Quotes #Plot Quotes #Feels Quotes

“How we love sequestering, where no pests are pestering.”
“So much for keeping things business when it came to Jenna Darrow. If this had been a test, he figured heâ€™d just failed it with flying colors.”
“When I start to play a game I try to forget about previous games and try to concentrate on this game. This game is now the most important to me. But of course I am not a computer and you cannot simply press a button, delete, and everything you want to forget disappears automatically. But if you want to play well, it's important to concentrate on the now.”
“Every time a resolve or fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing fruit, it is worse than a chance lost; it works to hinder future emotions from taking the normal path of discharge.”
“Andrew Luck, if he gets to his first Super Bowl and he wins that Super Bowl, that means he won on the road every game except for that first playoff game. He went and beat Peyton Manningâ€¦Then that means he went and beat Tom Bradyâ€¦Then he would either have to beat Aaron Rodgers or the Seattle Seahawks. Thatâ€™s a pretty tough hill to climb. If he does that, heâ€™s just solidified himself in that conversation as an elite quarterback.”
“Some people do need to be held to account because some of the conduct is so widely at odds with our values. But making an example out of a few people would be a disservice.”

Source : "Torture report: U.S. faces harsh realities" by Tim Lister, www.cnn.com. December 10, 2014.
“This is our story to tell. Youâ€™d think for all the reading I do, I would have thought about this before, but I havenâ€™t. Iâ€™ve never once thought about the interpretative, the story telling aspect of life, of my life. I always felt like I was in a story, yes, but not like I was the author of it, or like I had any say in its telling whatsoever.”
“When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves or some immediate convenience. When we are able to recognize and forgive ignorant actions of the past, we gain strength to constructively solve the problems of the present.”

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