"Anyone can write five people trapped in a……" — David Mamet

"Anyone can write five people trapped in a snowstorm. The question is how you get them into the snowstorm. It's hard to write a good play because it's hard to structure a plot. If you can think of it off the top of your head, so can the audience. To think of a plot that is, as Aristotle says, surprising and yet inevitable, is a lot, lot, lot of work."

— David Mamet

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You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
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I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. — Marcus Aurelius
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely. — Teresa of Avila
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Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn. — Burt Bacharach

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