Movies Were Never An Art Form, They

Show Business Is And Has Always Been A Depraved Carnival.

One Can Read All One Wants, And Spend Eternities In Front Of A Blackboard With A Tutor, But One Is Not Going To Learn To Swim Until One Gets In The Water.

A Stage Play Is Basically A Form Of Uber-schizophrenia. You Split Yourself Into Two Minds - One Being The Protagonist And The Other Being The Antagonist. The Playwright Also Splits Himself Into Two Other Minds: The Mind Of The Writer And The Mind Of The Audience.

I Was Fortunate Enough To Have A Rambling Youth.

The Main Question In Drama, The Way I Was Taught, Is Always, 'what Does The Protagonist Want?' That's What Drama Is. It Comes Down To That. It's Not About Theme, It's Not About Ideas, It's Not About Setting, But What The Protagonist Wants.