“The writer's job is to write the screenplay and keep the reader turning pages, not to determine how a scene or sequence should be filmed. You don't have to tell the director and cinematographer and film editor how to do their jobs. Your job is to write the screenplay, to give them enough visual information so they can bring those words on the page into life, in full 'sound and fury,' revealing strong visual and dramatic action, with clarity, insight, and emotion.”
― Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting Paperback – November 29, 2005
― Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting Paperback – November 29, 2005
“Preoccupied with a single leaf... you won't see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree... you'll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in it's entirety... effortlessly. That is what it means to truly "see.”
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“Living for the future is more important than trying to avenge the past.”
― Berserk, Vol. 2
― Berserk, Vol. 2
“The place I belong...Maybe it did exist. I was too stupid and stubborn to notice it, but what I really wished for back then was here. Why do I always see these things after they're done and gone?”
― Berserk, Vol. 12
― Berserk, Vol. 12
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