I love to play with language; make it do tricks, turn a word inside out to see if it's got a hidden meaning tucked away somewhere, or perhaps find that it's capable of an extra entendre or two. . . . Plotting is nothing I did, or do, naturally. It is the hardest part of the writing process. No matter how many times you plot a script successfully, the next one, representing new and uncharted territory, convinces you that you really don't know how to do it at all.
Contrary to popular belief, it's not the legs that go first; it's remembering the word for legs. - Larry Gelbart
Contrary to popular belief, it's not the legs that go first; it's remembering the word for legs.
- Larry Gelbart
I love to play with language; make it do tricks, turn a word inside out to see if it's got a hidden meaning tucked away somewhere, or perhaps find th… - Larry Gelbart
I love to play with language; make it do tricks, turn a word inside out to see if it's got a hidden meaning tucked away somewhere, or perhaps find th…
We may be born equal but we're not equally talented. - Larry Gelbart
We may be born equal but we're not equally talented.
I think the greatest imagination we can exercise is one that imagines how someone else feels. Because you know how you feel, but so often we attribut… - Larry Gelbart
I think the greatest imagination we can exercise is one that imagines how someone else feels. Because you know how you feel, but so often we attribut…
Marriage isn't all that it's cracked up to be, let me tell you. Honestly. Marriage is probably the chief cause of divorce. - Larry Gelbart
Marriage isn't all that it's cracked up to be, let me tell you. Honestly. Marriage is probably the chief cause of divorce.
Today's audience knows more about what's on television than what's in life. - Larry Gelbart
Today's audience knows more about what's on television than what's in life.
You can write something that has continuity, but it makes happy endings all the more ridiculous. - Larry Gelbart
You can write something that has continuity, but it makes happy endings all the more ridiculous.
Your style is formed by what you can't do. - Larry Gelbart
Your style is formed by what you can't do.
I refuse to do anything easy. I'm writing for the smartest person out there. I'm not equating myself with the smartest person out there, but hopefull… - Larry Gelbart
I refuse to do anything easy. I'm writing for the smartest person out there. I'm not equating myself with the smartest person out there, but hopefull…
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