Quotes by Shorthand When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything. Beck shorthand periods long However good a communicator a director is, unless they've been actors, it's just not the same as the shorthand you get with someone who's been an actor. Colin Firth shorthand actors directors Images are ... a kind of emotional shorthand. Erica Jong shorthand emotional kind Apparently, 'conspiracy stuff' is now shorthand for unspeakable truth. Gore Vidal shorthand conspiracy stuff I have no intention of becoming a shorthand author. Isaac Pitman shorthand intention becoming A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it. J. R. R. Tolkien shorthand mines Music is the shorthand of emotion. Leo Tolstoy shorthand music emotion Catherine Keener really gets me. She and I have such a shorthand together. Nicole Holofcener shorthand together When you get into making movies, then the physical mundane reality of life must be presented. But in comics you can jack it up and work in shorthand. Walter Hill shorthand mundane reality You can tell a lot in shorthand. Jane Goldman lot tell you shorthand