I try to do the story the way I feel the story should be done, and how that folds into whatever larger sorts of categories or questions is really none of my business. David Milch More Quotes by David Milch More Quotes From David Milch My idea of storytelling is - I wouldn't say it's religious but I would say it's spiritual. You know, the chemist Friedrich August Kekule worked for twenty years trying to figure out the structure of the benzene ring, and he couldn't do it. And then one night he was sleeping and he had a vision of a snake swallowing its tail. So he told his students about it and they said, 'Not bad, you go to sleep and you wake up with that.' And he said, 'Visions come to prepared spirits.' The way Billy Wilder put it was 'The muse has to know where to find you.' David Milch religiousspiritualsleep Never believe anything you think about yourself as a writer when you're not writing. David Milch writingbelievethinking The biggest lie is the idea that we are entitled to a meaningful and coherent summarizing, a conclusion, of something which never concludes. In that regard, this is the lie I'm telling myself so I don't set fire to anything. David Milch firemeaningfullying Every man's entitled to hope. David Milch entitledevery-manmen And if God were trying to reach out to us, and teach us something about the deepest nature of matter, he might use some drugged-out surfers. David Milch might-usemattertrying Deadwood was a place created by a series of accidents. A kind of original sin. David Milch accidentssinkind What cops are hired to do is to control people who will not abide by the social contract. David Milch controlwillwhopeople Ego suppression can be an act of ostentation. David Milch actsuppressionostentationego Apes beat their chests so they don't have to fight 24 hours a day. David Milch 24-hoursbeatfightday When someone is good at what he does but is a nonconformist, there is a temptation in horse racing, like in all kinds of other areas of human endeavor, to dismiss him for his nonconformity rather than to recognize him for his excellence. David Milch goodhorseracingexcellence There is not an amount of money that a writer can earn that I can't blow. David Milch earnwritermoneyblow All I do is work and be with my family. David Milch familywork It's kind of an intuitive process. I wish that it were more systematic, but it just isn't. David Milch i-wishmoreprocesswish So much of what we do is shame-based, and when you're teaching, you have the opportunity to answer to the best parts of your nature, so I'm always grateful for that chance. David Milch bestyougratefulnature When I was working on 'Deadwood', it was understood that the script was a work in progress, and when we got to set, everyone would kind of work on it together. David Milch everyoneprogresstogetherwork Learning to live with the given is the great humbling educational process of life. David Milch livegreatlearninglife Commercials were once TV's version of the church. Which is to say, you couldn't offend the sponsor; therefore, certain values had to be underscored in the subject matter. David Milch youvalueschurchmatter The kind of flinching from any form of art or experience that PETA seems to advocate is ultimately life-hating. David Milch advocateexperiencekindart With 'Nostromo', Joseph Conrad said that he had wanted to write a novel about the degradation of an idea. That's what we wanted to show in the case of Dustin Hoffman's character, Bernstein. David Milch showwritesaidcharacter In any operation, what you have to do is to persuade the patient to grant access to the patient's energy. The purest form of that is when you're trying to help a woman through labor: when you're saying, 'Push, push!' and you're rhythmically with the woman. David Milch womansayingyouenergy
