TOP 10 Signs of St. Patrick’s Day
- Everyone named Patrick has a halo
- You can’t tell if pedestrians are staggering from liquor or from icy sidewalks
- One day memberships in the Green movement spike (more…)
Archive for 2015
TOP 10 Benefits of the End of Winter
The end is near, an end is near – hopefully these benefits will soon be here
- Rediscover the joy of walking on flat surfaces
- Construction zones are no longer required for putting on outdoor clothing
- When someone says ‘you know how to shovel it’, there is subtext (more…)
Clichés Upgraded – Part XXI
It’s not spring yet, so here’s more warmth from enlivened clichés (with the original in italics):
- I wish you hadn’t lost a step but at least we have a few extras in the closet
- Don’t worry, given it’s a Mobius strip it can’t be expected to make ends meet
- It’s a Mexican standoff since the lady from Tijuana won’t come anywhere near our meeting (more…)
Memorable Quotes: Tales of Screenwriters – Part Five
The Marketplace – selling stories:
(a) “I had no idea that selling oneself was going to be such a huge part of the process, and that your ability to write is secondary only to your ability to walk in to a room and present your idea… a script is already a description of a thing. It’s a description of a movie. So to be describing the description of a thing… But that’s how you get the job.” (more…)
Clichés Upgraded – Part XX
While the calendar now says March, the temperature forecast remains iffy, so here’s more warmth from enlivened clichés (with the original in italics):
- If you lose your lunch in that stupid bet it’s going to be a long, long wait for dinner
- I know those growth hormones are impressive, but do you really think they can make a mountain out of a molehill? (more…)
Memorable Quotes: Tales of Screenwriters – Part Four
The Marketplace – the writer and self:
(a) “When you look at someone else’s films and say, ‘I can do that’, you’re in a lot of competition – because everyone else is looking at that hit of the year and they’re saying, ‘I can do that’ too. You’re gonna be up against all of them… But if you look into yourself and say, ‘What do I have that no one else has, but other people can understand and identify with,’ then you’re only in competition with yourself.” (more…)
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Memorable Quotes: Tales of Screenwriters – Part Six
The Marketplace – the buyer’s perspective:
(a) “I had a project…and they thought it was too violent, but it was a really, really good script. Later the guy said, ‘I really liked it, but I had just come aboard as the production head…I couldn’t say yes to a violent film like this because I was really scared of it at the time’… He’s doing the job he has to do as a suit… It’s a complicated deal, this whole issue of you going in and trying to get somebody interested in a project. You have to know what they want just as much as you (more…)
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