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> [Take any writer you want in the 19th century: they wrote with quill pens, dipping a piece of goose feather in ink and writing. And yet we read those novels today, and if we're sensitive to them, we respond to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-murch/take-any-writer-you-want-in-the-19th-century-they-wrote-with-quill/)

[Walter Murch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-murch/)

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> [I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century it was symphonic music and the novel. For various technical and artistic reasons, film became that eloquent medium for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-murch/i-think-every-age-has-a-medium-that-talks-to-it-more-eloquently-than/)

[Walter Murch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-murch/)

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## Other authors on 19th century

## More by Walter Murch

> [My job as an editor is to gently prod the attention of the audience to look at various parts of the frame. And that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-murch/my-job-as-an-editor-is-to-gently-prod-the-attention-of-the-audience/)

[Walter Murch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-murch/)

> [One of the rules of the road is that if you want to create the sense of silence, it frequently has more pungency if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-murch/one-of-the-rules-of-the-road-is-that-if-you-want-to-create-the-sense/)

[Walter Murch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-murch/)

> [Take any writer you want in the 19th century: they wrote with quill pens, dipping a piece of goose feather in ink and writing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-murch/take-any-writer-you-want-in-the-19th-century-they-wrote-with-quill/)

[Walter Murch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-murch/)

> [Writing is a process of discovery of what you really do know. You can't limit yourself in advance to what you know, because you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-murch/writing-is-a-process-of-discovery-of-what-you-really-do-know-you-can/)

[Walter Murch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-murch/)

> [As I've gone through life, I've found that your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something that is a reflection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-murch/as-i-ve-gone-through-life-i-ve-found-that-your-chances-for-happiness/)

[Walter Murch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-murch/)

> [Film is really the one art form that can effectively use silence. Music and theater can play with silence, but they can't sustain silence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-murch/film-is-really-the-one-art-form-that-can-effectively-use-silence/)

[Walter Murch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-murch/)

> [When I'm actually assembling a scene, I assemble it as a silent movie. Even if it's a dialog scene, I lip read what people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-murch/when-i-m-actually-assembling-a-scene-i-assemble-it-as-a-silent-movie/)

[Walter Murch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-murch/)

> [Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-murch/film-editing-is-now-something-almost-everyone-can-do-at-a-simple/)

[Walter Murch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-murch/)

> [The word processor is a better tool than a quill pen because you can do so much more with it, but on the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-murch/the-word-processor-is-a-better-tool-than-a-quill-pen-because-you-can/)

[Walter Murch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-murch/)

> [As I've gone through life, I've found that your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something that is a reflection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-murch/as-i-ve-gone-through-life-i-ve-found-that-your-chances-for-happiness-2/)

[Walter Murch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-murch/)

> [Blinking is some way of tabulating - a kind of carriage return, click, or save to disk - that helps the process of 'Okay,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-murch/blinking-is-some-way-of-tabulating-a-kind-of-carriage-return-click-or/)

[Walter Murch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-murch/)

> [You can always make a film somehow. You can beg, borrow, steal the equipment, use credit cards, use your friends' goodwill, wheedle your way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-murch/you-can-always-make-a-film-somehow-you-can-beg-borrow-steal-the/)

[Walter Murch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-murch/)

> [Looking at a first assembly is kind of like looking at an overgrown garden. You can't just wade in with a weed whacker; you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-murch/looking-at-a-first-assembly-is-kind-of-like-looking-at-an-overgrown/)

[Walter Murch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-murch/)

> [If you want to freak your cat out, stare at your cat. If you want to reassure your cat, stare at your cat, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-murch/if-you-want-to-freak-your-cat-out-stare-at-your-cat-if-you-want-to/)

[Walter Murch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-murch/)

> [I believe that one of the secret engines that allows cinema to work, and have the marvelous power over us that it does, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-murch/i-believe-that-one-of-the-secret-engines-that-allows-cinema-to-work/)

[Walter Murch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-murch/)

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