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“What does “good” mean to you? Quality? Great. You and I think alike. But “good” to these guys is “familiar”. Good is somebody else’s hit. God forbid you make something unique, with an original vision. No, they want the “heart” of Forrest Gump, the “visual kinetics” of Star Wars, the “pacing” of Lethal Weapon 4, the “gloss” of Armageddon, shit like that.”
― Mick Garris, A Life in the Cinema

“If brains was black powder he couldn’t blow his own nose. It’s a pity the things you see when you ain’t got a gun.”
― Stephen King, The Shining

“My whole effort is to get myself out of the way and let Something take over," she says. "When Something takes over, the story gets written in jig time and is far superior to anything I alone could do. Naturally, I'd rather have Something do it. Happily, Something usually does.”
― Uell S. Andersen, Three Magic Words

“By words one of us can give another the greatest happiness or bring about utter despair; by words the teacher imparts his knowledge to the student; by words the orator sweeps his audience with him and determines its judgments and decisions. Words call forth emotions and are universally the means by which we influence our fellow-creatures.”
― Robert B. Dilts, Sleight of Mouth: The Magic of Conversational Belief Change