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"Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues."
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"The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn."
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"Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop."
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"In the beginning I used to make one terrible play a game. Then I got so I'd make one a week and finally I'd pull a bad one about once a month. Now, I'm trying to keep it down to one a season."
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"He will be beginning a brand new chapter in the Michael Jackson legend."
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"Eighty percent of my pieces gravitate towards an A, as a tonal thing, not at the beginning, but somewhere in it."
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"Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford."
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"Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking."
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"So, my style has hopefully changed over the years and it is more relaxed, and I do tend to smile and have more than one expression these days hopefully - which I didn't at the beginning."
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"Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery."
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"Were there stories I wrote along the way that were terrible clinkers? God, yes. But they were all a product of their time, and I did the best I could."
God
"Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback."
Thought
"I'm a neurotic New York Jew by birth. Creating characters is second nature to me."
Nature
"I try not to violate what came before me and to leave lots of wiggle room for those who will follow."
Will
"I hate the crazy, neurotic characters beyond a certain point."
Hate
"I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips."
Fire
"I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to draw."
Thought
"I've never sat down and thought about the difference between plot and theme. To me, that's never been important."
Thought
"What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has."
Effect
"The bottom line always remains the same: What is the basic humanity of the character? How do I make them resonate with the reader?"
Character
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