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Douglas Wood

"I would rather read a poorly structured story that has fresh ideas than a tightly structured one with cliches."

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"I would rather read a poorly structured story that has fresh ideas than a tightly structured one with cliches."

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"Every idea, both good and bad will definitely have an opposition. The fact that someone mocks your ideas and dreams does not mean they are bad. Take note!"

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"Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end."

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"The poor will look for many excuses why an idea can not be born, but the rich will also look for one excuse why an idea can be born."

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"If unconventional ideas = sperm, then public opinion = abortion."

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"A major fault, for example, is the fact that, along with the materialist principle, Darwin introduced into his theory of evolution reactionary Malthusian ideas."

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"There are tree main bulwarks of defence against new thoughts: to pay no heed, to give no credence, and finally to assert that it had already long existed."

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"I thought you could beat, pummel, and thrash an idea into existence. Under such treatment, of course, any decent idea folds up its paws, turns on its back, fixes its eyes on eternity, and dies."

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"The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm."

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"I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future."

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"That said, I should also add that I learned a great deal from being allowed in these privileged circles and am grateful for the opportunity to have worked closely with some of the most powerful and successful people in the business including Steven Spielberg and Ted Turner."
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"Right now, writing for me is most rewarding because I'm old enough now to have something to say, which probably wasn't always the case."
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"There is nothing like the high of being on stage and reaping applause, especially for emotionally needy people like me!"
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"I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston."
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"Write the kind of movie you would want to see, in a genre you love."
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"The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them afterwards."
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"I was only in one play at Steppenwolf, in the early days."
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"I became much happier when I realized I shouldn't depend solely on my career for my sense of self. So I developed other interests and surrounded myself with a small group of friends I could trust."
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"I love all of Albert Brooks' work from Defending Your Life back to his first film, Real Life, but am sorry that he seems to have lost his edge in his more recent work."
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"But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity."
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