Putting allows the touchy golfer two to four opportunities to blow a gasket in the short space of two to forty feet.
when you are dealing with art, any kind of art, your pleasure in making it is what matters most.
Never think of revising as fixing something that is wrong. That starts you off in a negative frame of mind. Rather think of it as an opportunity to improve something you already love.
I grew up in a small town with a very small library. But the books in the library opened a large place in my heart. It is the place where stories live. And those stories have been informing my days, comforting my nights, and extending possibilities ever since. If that library had not been there, if the books - such as they were - had not been free, my world would be poor, even today.
It is the nature of stories to leave out far more than they include.
Writing the opening lines of a story is a bit like starting to ski at the steepest part of a hill. You must have all your skills under control from the first instant.
Description needs to slide into a story like a snake through grass - silently, almost invisibly, without calling attention to itself. It should enrich every story moment without slowing the action.
It's a big question. Where do you begin to change the world?
The word 'campaign' is a war term. So when you go into a campaign you just prepare to go to war. If you think this is an exercise in civic activity. . . then you are going to be surprised.
You get a different kick out of all aspects of filmmaking.
The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility.