Itβs about time a 55-year-old British woman is the heroine of an action movie. I may have to write it.
Emma ThompsonRead
Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write.
Interpretation
Writing is a process that requires persistence regardless of the quality of the content.
This quote emphasizes the importance of the act of writing itself, rather than getting caught up in the quality or content of what is being produced. It encourages individuals to overcome procrastination and self-doubt by simply taking action and starting to write, suggesting that the act of writing can lead to creativity and productivity.
In practice
In a writing workshop to encourage participants to put pen to paper.
Itβs about time a 55-year-old British woman is the heroine of an action movie. I may have to write it.
If you've got to my age, you've probably had your heart broken many times. So it's not that difficult to unpack a bit of grief from some little corner of your heart and cry over it.
Sometimes I get to put on posh frocks and be Madam Glamour, the vendor of my wares. My lovely friend Kath, a stylist, puts me into things I'd never dream of. But my real life is very different. It's very, very home-based - an intense domestic life, that's the core of everything.
I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them.
Can he love her? Can the soul really be satisfied with such polite affections? To love is to burn - to be on fire, like Juliet or Guinevere or Eloise.
We've got people looking at our seamy side and our sad side a lot of the time because that's easier. It's much more difficult to make a film about happiness with lots of jokes in it.
One is distracted by this notion that there is such an thing as inspiration, that it comes fast and easy. And some people are graced by that style. I'm not. So I have to work as hard as any stiff to come up with my payload
I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.
America can take man to the moon, and America can take men to Mars - and beyond.
It's good to be young and full of dreams. Dreams of one day doing something 'insanely great.' Dreams of love, beauty, achievement, and contribution. But understand they have a life of their own, and they're not very good at following instructions. Love them, revere them, nurture them, respect them, but don't ever become a slave to them. Otherwise you'll kill them off prematurely, before they get the chance to come true.
We see the brightness of a new page where everything yet can happen.
When I was working on 'Coloring Book,' I knew that I wanted it to be a beacon for independent artists and music makers with their own agenda.
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