“Because poets feel what we're afraid to feel, venture where we're reluctant to go, we learn from their journeys without taking the same dramatic risks.” FeelsRiskJourneyPoetDramaticVentureReluctant Book:Deep Play Source: Deep Play
“If a character is going to end up one way, you start them a certain way. If they're gonna end up the polar opposite of that, you might start them differently to have dramatic integrity to their journey.” IfsWayEndsCharacterMightCertainJourneyIntegrityOppositesOne WayDramaticPolar Opposites Author:Neil Burger
“I don't know if you hear this often but I would say The Razor's Edge (loosely based on a great W. Somerset Maugham novel). This was Bill Murray's first dramatic role so everyone thought he stunk in this deep character but I thought he and the movie were great. The movie takes place over decades so you see Murray's character go from goofy playboy all the way to wiser, older person. It's basically a movie version of the journey I described.” IfsKnowsWayFirstsPersonsCharacterRolesNovelJourneyBillsEdgesDecadesVersionsDramaticWiserRazorsPlayboyGoofy Author:Lewis Schiff
“It is our inward journey that leads us through time – forward or back, seldom in a straight line, most often spiraling. Each of us is moving, changing, with respect to others. As we discover, we remember; remembering, we discover; and most intensely do we experience this when our separate journeys converge. Our living experience at those meeting points is one of the charged dramatic fields of fiction.” RememberMovingLinesFictionJourneyFieldsMeetingsDramaticInwardRespecting OthersStraight Lines Author:Eudora Welty
“I'm grateful for anything that reminds me of what's possible in this life. Books can do that. Films can do that. Music can do that. School can do that. It's so easy to allow one day to simply follow into the next, but every once in a while we encounter something that shows us that anything is possible, that dramatic change is possible, that something new can be made, that laughter can be shared.” MadeBookShowsSchoolFilmNextEasyCan DoJourneyOne DayLaughterGratefulThis LifeDramaticEncountersSomething NewAnything Is PossibleDramatic Change Author:Jonathan Safran Foer