A religion without mystery must be a religion without God.
A child should have every advantage - including those taught by disadvantage.
Most aspiring screenwriters simply don't spend enough time choosing their concept. It's by far the most common mistake I see in spec scripts. The writer has lost the race right from the gate. Months - sometimes years - are lost trying to elevate a film idea that by its nature probably had no hope of ever becoming a movie.
Human beings are compelled to adopt a belief system; some paradigm to provide meaning, purpose, and understanding to our lives. A quick survey of the world shows that pretty much any idea will do - it need not reflect reality or truth, merely function to fascinate, distract, and compel. We are designed for belief, not for truth.
Anger is a more noble emotion than indifference.
You should quit trying only after two conditions have been met: 1. ) You've given yourself a legitimate shot. 2. ) Trying is no longer fun.
It seems quite proper to fear achievement, which, after all, is proof that you've successfully moved an experience from the delightfully anticipated future into the forever and sadly lost past. Avoid as long as you can the ultimate indignity: a lifetime achievement award.
The shadow of my mother danced around the room to a tune that my own shadow sang.
I come from Bridgeport, Connecticut and have friends I grew up with there.
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Poetry is the eloquence of verse.