William Rabkin > Quotes

“Ironic, isn’t it?” Shawn said.
“It’s not ironic at all,” Gus said.
“Dude, it’s so like a black fly in your chardonnay.”
“How many times do I have to tell you that’s not ironic, either?”
“Rain on your wedding day?”
“‘Irony’ is the use of words to convey a meaning that’s opposite to their literal meaning,” Gus said. “That stupid song came out fourteen years ago, and we still have this exact conversation at least once a week.”
“Yeah,” Shawn said. “Ironic, isn’t it?”
― William Rabkin, A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Read

“This is not a Scooby-Doo episode, Gus said.
Granted, our current adventure may lack the mastery and grace of classic stories like 'Hassle in the Castle' or 'Foul Play in Funland', Shawn said. But as I've always said, aim high.”
― William Rabkin

“It could be worse, Shawn said...
We're all sitting around this fire not knowing which one among us is the person who has been systematically picking us off...

Now imagine that while we're sitting here, Reggie's head falls off his body, grows spider legs, and runs away into the darkness.

The silence following Shawn's remark was the quietest Gus had ever heard. Even the fire stopped popping and sparking for a moment.”
― William Rabkin, The Call of the Mild

“Hugh, I remind you that you are still under the oath the last guy swore," Shawn said. "Is that real?" Ralston said.”
― William Rabkin, A Fatal Frame of Mind

“The cat language is very complex,” Shawn said. “If a cat had written the Harry Potter books, he could have gotten through the whole thing in fifteen pages, tops. And he would still have found the space to mention”
― William Rabkin, A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Read

“Every Sunday when I was little,” Gus said. “My parents insisted I pray for forgiveness for all the things you talked me into doing. But this isn’t from the Bible. It’s from Vampire Tales number two.” “That would be one of your lesser-known holy books.”
― William Rabkin, A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Read

“Gus”
― William Rabkin, A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Read

“Standard English usage is to use the male pronoun when talking about someone whose gender is not known,” Gwendolyn said. “When you avoid pronouns altogether, you really mean ‘she.”
― William Rabkin, Psych: The Call of the Mild

“I thought it made her happy to help out. You know, the way some people claim to like picking up litter or helping the homeless or standing outside supermarkets trying to get me to sign petitions.”
― William Rabkin, A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Read

“She badgered the doctors and nurses into giving you the kind of treatment they usually only give to people they actually care about.”
― William Rabkin, A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Read

“Gus, I know you hit your head, but you should be able to tell a few things about Tara. Like for instance she isn’t printed on cheap paper. When she talks, her words don’t appear in balloons over her head. And after long and hard study, I can guarantee she exists in at least three dimensions.”
― William Rabkin, A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Read

“then”
― William Rabkin, Writing the Pilot

“pitches”
― William Rabkin, Writing the Pilot

“Once again, we must return to the fact that a TV pilot and its resulting series need to be governed by a theme, a unifying or dominant idea. The theme determines the central conflict, and that central conflict must be embodied in the lead characters. In”
― William Rabkin, Writing the Pilot