“In movies, storytelling and every single art form, we're creating wonder. You're starting with a blank page and creating something that doesn't exist.” ArtFormWonderCreatingPagesStartingStorytellingBlankCreating SomethingBlank Pages Author:David Copperfield
“Especially once those poetry events began, because, yeah, the stuff was still on the page, but the page was starting to spill into real space, spill into air, once you could hear it, once there was a typewriter, once there was a body of a typist, it was getting rid of the confines of the page.” StillsRealBodyStuffSpaceAirEventsPagesYeahStartingSpillsTypewriters Author:Vito Acconci
“When I sat down with the creators of the show [Longmire], back when we were first starting to do the pilot, Branch was not that interesting on the page. What really sold me on the show and the character was their vision for him. It took the whole first season to flesh him out.” FirstsWholeCharacterShowsInterestingVisionPagesSeasonsStartingCreatorFleshSatBranchesPilotsBack When Author:Bailey Chase
“A lot of people we tell the story to assume that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were actually part of the original Washington Irving story, which only happens to be 17 pages. It's a great starting point, and then we built on it, very much in a logical progression.” PeopleStoriesHappensFourPagesBuiltOriginalsAssumingStartingLogicalApocalypseProgressionStarting PointHorsemenFour HorsemenFour Horsemen Of The Apocalypse Author:Roberto Orci
“I start my process hand written, and then I dump it in. It's like you're getting a second draft 'cause when I put it in the computer, I fix it and change stuff. That's my process. I picked that up from speaking to Neil Gaiman and Joe Hill. I was messing around with the idea of starting to write more, writing a book and doing things like this, and I reached out for advice. They were like, "Oh, we hand write, and then we dump it all in." I was like, "Great! There's no more blank pages."” WritingBookIdeasHandsCausesStuffProcessWrittenAdviceLike YouComputerPagesStartingHillsBlankWriting A BookDumpBlank PagesGaimanStarting To Write Author:Gerard Way
“The script is a starting point, not a fixed highway. I must look through the camera to see if what I've written on the page is right or not. In the script, you describe imagined scenes, but it's all suspended in mid-air. Often, an actor viewed against a wall or a landscape, or seen through a window, is much more eloquent than the lines you've given him. So then you take out the lines. This happens often to me and I end up saying what I want with a movement or a gesture.” IfsWantLooksEndsHappensActorsGivenLinesWrittenAirMovementWallScenePagesWindowCamerasStartingScriptsLandscapeFixedGesturesHighwaysEloquentStarting PointSuspended Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“Dickens, as you know, never got round to starting his home page.” KnowsHomePagesRoundsStartingDickens Author:Terry Pratchett
“I love writing but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says, "You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but those days are over, giftless. I'm not your agent and I'm not your mommy, I'm a white piece of paper, you wanna dance with me?" and I really, really don't. I'll go peaceable-like.” PeopleWritingMayHateWhitePiecesPaperPagesStartingAgentsFooled Author:Aaron Sorkin
“It's funny how in that moment I see things clearly. Am I beaten down? Yes. Have I allowed myself to become a victim? Somewhat. Am I afraid? Always. Does some part of me still long to fly away from this place? Absolutely. But I can't leave. Sam and I have built a life for Joy. It isn't perfect, but it's a life. My family's happiness means more to me that starting over again. Page 210” MeanLongDoeStillsI CanMomentsJoyPerfectPagesBuiltMy FamilyVictimStartingThat MomentBeatenStarting OverFly AwayStarting Over Again Book:Shanghai Girls: A Novel Source: Shanghai Girls: A Novel