Leigh Brackett Professions : Writer Born : December 7, 1915 Died : March 17, 1978 Browse All Authors Top 10 quotes by Leigh Brackett Plot is people. Human emotions and desires founded on the realities of life, working at cross purposes, getting hotter and fiercer as they strike against each other until finally there's an explosion-that's Plot. Leigh Brackett writing reality people Witchcraft to the ignorant, .... Simple science to the learned. Leigh Brackett witchcraft ignorant simple Love is like the measles; the older you are when it hits you, the harder it takes. Cheer up, you won't die of it. Leigh Brackett measles cheer love-is Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Leigh Brackett allies powerful judging David will never go to space again. I'm glad.What did it gain the McQuarries? What has it ever gained men? Have men ever brought back more happiness from the stars? Will they ever? Leigh Brackett space stars men Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances. Leigh Brackett empire-strikes-back alternatives war The filmmaking process is a team effort. A screenwriter cannot possibly do exactly what he wants as if he was writing a novel. Leigh Brackett effort team process writing When I write a novel, I am God at my own typewriter, and there is nobody in between. But when I write a screenplay, it must be a compromise because there are so many elements which are outside the writer's province. Leigh Brackett nobody i-am my-own god Screenwriting is still a challenge for me. It's more technical than creative. You have to be a very good journeyman plumber and put the proper parts together. Then, if you can still inject a little bit of something worthwhile, you have done as much as can be expected. Leigh Brackett good me you together Writing a film is like building a brick wall. You have a plan, and you have the blocks. Then, somebody says, 'I think we'll take this stone out of here and put it over there. And while we're at it, let's make this stone red and that stone green.' Leigh Brackett think you red green Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors
