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I love novels, but I’m not a novelist. I’m just a dramatist, which means I write lines for actors. That’s all I have ever wanted to do.

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Young screenwriters are always very frustrated when they talk to me. They say, ‘How do we get to be a screenwriter?’ I say, ‘You know what you do? I’ll tell you the secret, it’s easy: Read ‘Hamlet.’ You know? Then read it again, and read it again, and read it until you understand it. Read ‘King Lear,’ and then read ‘Othello.’

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May 3, 2024

Young screenwriters are always very frustrated when they talk to me. They say, ‘How do we get to be a screenwriter?’ I say, ‘You know what you do? I’ll tell you the secret, it’s easy: Read ‘Hamlet.’ You know? Then read it again, and read it again, and read it until you understand it. Read ‘King Lear,’ and then read ‘Othello.’

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May 3, 2024

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.

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