Syd Field Quotes

#1. We tell ourselves lies to survive when we know the truth will kill us." "It

Tiffany Reisz

#2. What a person does is what he IS, not what he says.

Syd Field

#3. Relationships are a lot like yard sales. They look really fun from a couple hundred feet away, but eventually you realize it's just a bunch of crap you don't need.

Christian Finnegan

#4. Don't 'Syd' me. You've lied to me. You've hid things from me. How dare you talk to me like we're still friends, like we ever mattered to you at all?--Sydney Field

Megan Maldonado

#5. Who you are is shaping your so-called reality. When you change - the world changes with you.

Bryant McGill

#6. Writing should be an adventure, shrouded in mystery and uncertainty, blessed with amazing grace. In theory, of course

Syd Field

#7. Actually, they (extremists) wanted to take this opportunity to mobilize the people for the religious unification and to divert the government's attention from other issues in the war against terrorism. So they are using this issue as a matter of unity.

Shahbaz Bhatti

#8. All drama is conflict. Without conflict, there is no action. Without action, there is no character. Without character, there is no story. And without story, there is no screenplay.

Syd Field

#9. Confusion is the first step toward clarity

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#10. What's great about writing a screenplay is that the subtext of the scene, what is not said, can sometimes be more important that what is said. Again, dialogue serves two basic functions in the scene: Either it moves the story forward or it reveals information about the character.

Syd Field

#11. Writing a screenplay is like climbing a mountain. When you're climbing, all you can see is the rock in front of you and the rock directly above you. You can't see where you've come from or where you're going.

Syd Field

#12. It is very difficult to be learned; it seems as if people were worn out on the way to great thoughts, and can never enjoy them because they are too tired.

George Eliot