“I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss being in a punk band. For me, 'SNL' is like... this is gonna sound overly dramatic, but... the way I am, it feels like I'm a soldier, so it was like, 'What do you want me to do? Put me anywhere. Do you want me to do these sketches? Great.'” WayWantFeelsLittlesBitsSoundMissingBandLittle BitSoldierDramaticWant MePunkYou Want MeSnlMissing SomethingDo You Want Me Author:Fred Armisen
“I suppose I ought to think up some dramatic, quotable phrase for Public Information and the history books, but I'm damned if any of them come to mind. Besides, admitting the truth wouldn't sound too good. The truth, Russell, is that now the moment's here, I'm scared shitless. Somehow I don't think even Public Information could turn that into good copy.” IfsThinkingMindBookMomentsTurnsSoundInformationOughtScaredDramaticPhrasesCopiesAdmittingHistory Books Author:David Weber
“Dramatic use of color, harmonious design, the interplay of light and shadow across a variety of textures, the portrayal of the figure and other subject matter that reflects the sophistication and beauty I find in nature - all presented from a unique point of view - can only be successfully achieved with a sound command of the painter's craft... history will determine how successful I have been.” Has BeensMatterUseLightSoundViewsSuccessfulSubjectsFiguresDesignColorUniqueShadowDeterminePoint Of ViewCommandPainterCraftsVarietyDramaticBeing SuccessfulCompetenceTextureHarmoniousSubject MatterSophisticationLight And ShadowPortrayal Author:Nelson Shanks
“A film is a living thing. The screenplay is a guideline. You really need to have a good, sound script to know that you have a dramatic structure that's going to work thematically, and to know how one scene will got through another, and to get a sense of character.” KnowsNeedsCharacterFilmSoundKnow HowSceneStructureScriptsDramaticGoing To WorkLiving ThingsScreenplaysGuidelines Author:Jose Padilha
“I believe that one of the most sound ideas in dramatic writing is that in order to create the universal, you must pay very great attention to the specific. Universality, I think, emerges from truthful identity of what is.” ThinkingWritingBelieveIdeasOrderI BelieveSoundPayAttentionIdentityUniversalDramaticTruthfulUniversalityDramatic Writing Book:Les Blancs: The Collected Last Plays: The Drinking Gourd/What Use Are Flowers? Source: Les Blancs: The Collected Last Plays: The Drinking Gourd/What Use Are Flowers?
“I was just a kid selling monster stories to the kids in the projects, complete with a dramatic reading, making the werewolf sounds. My career was aborted early on because one of my main customers started to have nightmares and his mother came to my mother and my mother shut down my whole business.” WholeStoriesKidsMotherReadingSoundCareersProjectsCustomersMonstersSellingDramaticNightmareWerewolf Author:George R. R. Martin