In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility.
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All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant.
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Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time.
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Politics is the name we give to the orchestration of power in any society.
Robert McKeeWhen we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to the storyteller.
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A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the mind and lift us to another place.
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Secure writers don't sell first drafts. They patiently rewrite until the script is as director-ready, as actor-ready as possible. Unfinished work invites tampering, while polished, mature work seals its integrity.
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Good story' means something worth telling that the world wants to hear. Finding this is your lonely task...But the love of a good story, of terrific characters and a world driven by your passion, courage, and creative gifts is still not enough. Your goal must be a good story well told.
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Angry contradiction of the patriarch is not creativity; it's delinquency calling for attention. Difference for the sake of difference is as empty an achievement as slavishly following the commercial imperative.
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Given the choice between trivial material brilliantly told versus profound material badly told, an audience will always choose the trivial told brilliantly.
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