... the midpoint of each film is the moment when each protagonist embraces for the first time the quality they will need to become complete and finish their story. It's when they discover a truth about themselves.
Ligion is the opiate of the masses." "I did masses of opiates religiously.
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Carrie Fisher
When he was in college, a famous poet made a useful distinction for him. He had drunk enough in the poet's company to be compelled to describe to him a poem he was thinking of. It would be a monologue of sorts, the self-contemplation of...
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John Crowley
I think, because…well, I like the idea of coming up with a story that never existed before, but I don’t really want to be in charge. I don’t want to be famous. I guess I like the idea of sitting in the dark and knowing...
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Melissa Keil
All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant.
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Robert McKee
Collaborating on a film script involves two people sitting in a room separated by the silence of two minds working together.
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Darlene Craviotto
More Quotes By John Yorke
All tales, then, are at some level a journey into the woods to find the missing part of us, to retrieve it and make ourselves whole. Storytelling is as simple - and complex - as that. That's the pattern. That's how we tell stories.
... the midpoint of each film is the moment when each protagonist embraces for the first time the quality they will need to become complete and finish their story. It's when they discover a truth about themselves.
