May 2012
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The only difference between television and a lava lamp is that television has...
– Michael O’Donoghue
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People want to see patterns in the world. It is how we evolved.
– Benoît Mandelbrot
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April 2012
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In the mind of cryonicists, it would be entirely... →
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Dear Sir:
I like words. I like fat buttery words, such as ooze, turpitude,...
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Job application letter, from 1934. He ended up winning an Oscar for screenwriting.
(via im-marthadaly)
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Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
– Alan Watts
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Advice from Billy Wilder
The audience is fickle.
Grab ‘em by the throat and never let ‘em go.
Develop a clean line of action for your leading character.
Know where you’re going.
The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.
If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in the first act.
A tip from Lubitsch: Let the audience add up...
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