“Great characters are consciously or subconsciously at war with themselves.” — John Yorke War Copy Share Image
“if you disguise exposition with ‘emotional overlay’, it’s rendered undetectable.” — John Yorke Copy Share Image
“All good exposition is disguised by making it dramatic – by injecting conflict.” — John Yorke Drama Copy Share Image
“A character’s façade, then, is an outer manifestation of an inner conflict.” — John Yorke Inner conflict Copy Share Image
“The conflict between how we wish to be perceived and what we really feel is at the root of all character.” — John Yorke Character Copy Share Image
“If someone offered us £10 million, we’d all spend it differently.” — John Yorke Offered Copy Share Image
“People construct a public face in order to deal with the conflicts that rage inside them.” — John Yorke Conflicts Copy Share Image
“Silence of the Lambs screenwriter Ted Tally put the art of writing dialogue succinctly: ‘What’s important is not the emotion they’re playing… — John Yorke Art Copy Share Image
“A character’s want is a superficial conscious desire for the thing they think they need in order to present themselves to the… — John Yorke Desire Copy Share Image
