February 2012
39 posts
“Writers drink so much caffeine that eventually the synapses start to break down...”
– Chuck Wendig (on why writers are crazy)
“Best advice on writing I’ve ever received: Finish.”
–
Peter Mayle (via AdviceToWriters)
…and how!
“If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you; but if you really...”
– Harlan Ellison (via blimpsarecool)
“Many people think we’re always referencing movies, but it’s the books those...”
– Joel Coen (via whatshewanted)
“Becoming a writer is not a “career decision” like becoming a doctor or a...”
– Paul Auster (via AdviceToWriters)
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”
– George Bernard Shaw (via alwaysacatch)
“One of the things I learned over those first five years, where I just churned...”
– Michael Cooney (via averagejoeproductions)
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14. Jackass 3D
Ok… I never bothered to go see this in the theater… and while I’m sure it was even more disgusting in 3D - it worked just fine at home. I was mildly amused for most of it… covering my eyes when there was a bit too much penis and vomit - and made it through.
Favorite bit: Ram Jam - Ryan Dunn and Steve O go into a pen with a Ram and try to play a baritone...
“All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives...”
– George Orwell - Why I Write (via wholesomeobsessive)
“Film can be a wonderful magic carpet.”
– Alexander Payne, director of the Descendents.
Yes, it can. That’s part of the reason I enjoy writing and watching films because it can take you places you never dreamed of in this world and beyond. Of course, in relation to the above quote, Payne is referring to the gypsy lifestyle that film...
“There is a long close affinity between writers and cops; we share the sad...”
– David Mamet (Bambi vs. Godzilla, 2007)
“Character is the very life of fiction. Setting exists so that the character has...”
–
John Gardner (via AdviceToWriters)
“FANCY writing is not confusing and obscure. Good writing is clear. There’s often...”
– Maureen Johnson (via nerdhugger)
“Youth isn’t just about running pell-mell at the sun yelling, ‘Damn it all to...”
– Hayao Miyazaki (via corcordium)
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11. 50/50
Don’t know why it took me so long to see it - when I love all the leads in this film… but probably cause I just didn’t wanna see another cancer movie. But resistance is futile… it is such a great film. In my top 5 for last year. Joseph and Seth are so natural and awesome together… and Anna Kendrick is amazing.
And Anjelica Huston? Please! So...
“The real serious advice is you’ve got to listen. You’ve got to listen. None of...”
– Steven Spielberg (via dmcondolora)
“Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything...”
– Ray Bradbury (via AdviceToWriters)
“The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some...”
– ~Jules Renard, “Diary” (via detritusofawriter)
“Sometimes you have to go on when you don’t feel like it, and sometimes you’re...”
– Stephen King (via AdviceToWriters)
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“A director`s job is to make something happen and it doesn`t happen by itself.” James Cameron http://ow.ly/8MJtM film movies quotes
“Anyone can approach towering problems with creativity and passion and find a way...”
– David France
Director of “How to Survive A Plague”
(via beerosie)
Make your movie.
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The Rise of Digital: How Indie Filmmakers Choose Cameras to Suit Their Needs http://ow.ly/8LKM3 indiefilm filmmaking moviemaking
“Being an auteur is what we all dreamed of being, as far [back] as the films of...”
– Terry Gilliam (via screendirection)
January 2012
59 posts
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8.Haywire
I know a lot of people didn’t like this film - and its not like its transcendent or anything - but I really enjoyed it. I have the soundtrack on repeat as I write each day. Its a fun film - very slight female action film - with a plot that exists to get our lead to travel around kicking ass. Who am I to complain about that? It was fun - good action - and well directed. The...
“There are so many different kinds of writing and so many ways to work that the...”
– Sophy Burnham (via meganomalous)
“Use your imagination. Trust me, your lives are not interesting. Don’t write them...”
– W.P. Kinsella (via AdviceToWriters)
“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.”
–
Voltaire (via AdviceToWriters)
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