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- In comedy laughter settles all arguments.
- Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, it's an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must choose and act,…
- If you can't play all the instruments in the orchestra of story, no matter what music may be in your imagination, you're condemned to hum…
- Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else, beyond imagination and skill, what…
- No matter our talent, we all know in the midnight of our souls that 90 percent of what we do is less than our best.
- We realize we can't go around saying and doing what we're actually thinking and feeling. If we all did that, life would be a lunatic…
- All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant.
- Of all the reasons for wanting to write, the only one that nurtures us through time is love of the work itself.
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- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- Don't be selfish and tell me why you're unfollowing me so I can retweet it for the rest and we all can… — Nikhil Saluja
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Throughout all of this confusion, I hope I somehow get to you. I practice all the things I'd say to tell you… — Superman