I like to be in pain when I'm getting massaged. That way I know I'm getting my money's worth.
Unless ideas are massaged into reality they evaporate.
Making a show is also economics. Because the irony is, or the shame of it is, you cannot create a show instantaneously. It needs to be massaged. You need to see who is relating to who. How is it working with the audience? You need to give it a chance for the audience to find it, because there are so many outlets. And the audience doesn't know where to go.
You embraced what was already on the page, worked with it, massaged it.
I love getting my feet massaged.
How are you feeling?" "Like someone massaged me with a cheese grater. " -Clary & Simon, pg. 297-