Alas, 'tis force alone that can compel to virtuous actions a degenerate people.
Story is about originality, not duplication
Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.
Life is chaotic and meaningless, and you have to find your meaning. You must find the answer, you can't just live. That's the point of story: helping you find your meaning in life.
Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact.
God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can write a voice-over narration to explain the thoughts of a character.
We often put off doing something for as long as possible, then as we finally make the decision and step into the action, we're surprised by its relative ease. We're left to wonder why we dreaded it until we realize that most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.
What about a blues in W, in the key of W.
My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall's on `Reelin' In The Years'.
A President and his wise men can only propose; but Congress disposes. It is when President and Congress agree that American history marches forward.
The very term ['mental disease'] is nonsensical, a semantic mistake. The two words cannot go together except metaphorically; you can no more have a mental 'disease' than you can have a purple idea or a wise space". Similarly, there can no more be a "mental illness" than there can be a "moral illness. " The words "mental" and "illness" do not go together logically. Mental "illness" does not exist, and neither does mental "health. " These terms indicate only approval or disapproval of some aspect of a person's mentality (thinking, emotions, or behavior).