Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter’s pretty lousy, but I hate Spring. – Dorothy Parker One of the best things about writing is when something old is new again. When you pull a file for a story or script idea from the cabinet, sometimes years after you …
Fairness puts the twinkle in the stars. – unknown Life is not fair. Whenever I hear those words I think of the first time I remember hearing them. I was about ten, leaving a carnival, all the other girls piling into the seatbelt-free space in the back of a station …
Personal compliments, however, are proper only from a close friend… it is bad taste for a young woman to say to another “What a handsome dress you have on!” and worst of all to add “Where did you get it?” The young girl’s particular friends are, of course, apt to …
Chic is where you find it. – Bonnie Cashin Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury. – Coco Chanel In recent years, two of my lifelong fashion staples have become increasingly popular: ballet flats and striped tees. Some people get annoyed when their signature pieces become trendy. I …
Only in comedy does an obedient white girl from the suburbs count as diversity. – Tina Fey Screenwriting is like writing in the sand with the wind blowing. – Frances Marion Why didn’t they ever make Screenwriter Barbie? Was it because she didn’t have a uniform that required heels? Screenwriter …
Remembrance is a form of meeting. — Khalil Gibran I began writing here a few months ago, after saying that this great big world seems to shrink a little via the blogosphere. I could see this delicate string that seemed to connect so many together. However unexpectedly. Only connect… Eden …
This post didn’t start out this way. I didn’t plan to talk about what happened Sunday night. But it seemed ironic that as I was preparing quotes for this week’s installment of five great things some one else said, I found out a quote I had just posted was, in …
Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company. – Lord Byron The age of technology has both revived the use of writing and provided ever more reasons for its spiritual solace. Emails are letters, after all, more lasting than phone calls, even if many of them …