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Quotable 437

Posted on February 9, 2022February 5, 2022 by bryon

I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.
– Tom Clancy

Posted in Quotable Tagged damned, keep, over-intellectualize, process, production, Quotable, simple, story, tell, Tom Clancy, try

Quotable 406

Posted on May 19, 2021May 2, 2021 by bryon

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.
– Charles Bukowski

Posted in Quotable Tagged artist, Charles Bukowski, hard, intellectual, Quotable, says, simple, thing, way

Quotable 346

Posted on November 13, 2019October 21, 2019 by bryon

The germ of a story is a new and simple element introduced into an existing situation or mood.
– Malcolm Cowley

Posted in Quotable Tagged element, existing, germ, introduce, Malcolm Cowley, mood, new, Quotable, simple, situation, story

Quotable 213

Posted on August 6, 2014August 5, 2014 by bryon

The germ of a story is a new and simple element introduced into an existing situation or mood.
– Malcolm Cowley

Posted in Quotable Tagged beginning, element, existing, germ, introduction, Malcolm Cowley, mood, new, Quotable, simple, situation, story

Quotable 157

Posted on June 26, 2013June 24, 2013 by bryon

Simple English is no one’s mother tongue. It has to be worked for.
– Jacques Barzun

Posted in Quotable Tagged English, Jacques Barzun, mother tongue, practice, Quotable, simple

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