It's no trick loving somebody at their best. Love is loving them at their worst.
We must be born with an intuition of mortality.
A writer doesn't really have much of a function on a movie set.
Chater: You dare to call me that. I demand satisfaction! Septimus: Mrs Chater demanded satisfaction and now you are demanding satisfaction. I cannot spend my time day and night satisfying the demands of the Chater family.
The fact is that people are attracted to new work and by new work.
Actors! The mechanics of cheap melodrama! That isn't death! You scream and choke and sink to your knees but it doesn't bring death home to anyone- it doesn't catch them unawares and start the whisper in their skulls that says- 'One day you are going to die.