Virginia Shine

“Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium. — HENRI MATISSE”
― Jack Flam, Matisse on Art

“Thought can be controlled and manipulated, but emotion is willful and unpredictable.”
― Robert McKee, Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting

“Superficial knowledge leads to a bland, monotonous telling. With authorial knowledge we can prepare a feast of pleasures. Or at the very least, add humor.”
― Robert McKee, Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting

“Generally, great writers are not eclectic. Each tightly focuses his oeuvre on one idea, a single subject that ignites his passion, a subject he pursues with beautiful variation through a lifetime of work.”
― Robert McKee, Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting