February 2012
“Our two teachers, pain and fear”
– Magnificent Ruin
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“… the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by...”
– Umberto Eco
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10 Tips on Writing Well from David Ogilvy
Read the Roman-Raphaelson book on writing. Read it three times.
Write the way you talk. Naturally.
Use short words, short sentences and short paragraphs.
Never use jargon words like reconceptualize, demassification, attitudinally, judgmentally. They are hallmarks of a pretentious ass.
Never write more than two pages on any subject.
Check your quotations.
Never send a letter or...
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Terry Gilliam School of Film: 10 Lessons for...
Growing up is for losers.
Film school is for fools.
Auteurism is out. Fil-teurism is in.
Put your ideas in a drawer. Take them out as needed.
All you’ve really got in life is story.
Command the audience with your lens.
Nothing can defeat a director who is one with his actors.
Surround yourself with improvisers.
Directing is not for the faint-of-heart. Or the sane.
Be an enlightened...
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