Short Story writers simply do what human beings have always done. They write stories because they have to; because they cannot rest until they have tried as hard as they can to write the stories. They cannot rest because they are human, and all of us need to speak into the silence of mortality, to interrupt and ever so briefly stop that quiet flow, and with stories try to understand at least some of it.Andre Dubus, Into the Silence, 1986
Found in Dad’s records: album of humpback whale songs, album of sea shanty’s. See you landlubbers back on shore.
A video I did for a super awesome camp (that I went to and worked at before). It’s a great place: non competitive, lots focus on the imagination, and having fun!
Some super smart and thoughtful people who believe kids can be independent and strong and creative run the place. Wish I was there jumping down some sand dunes right now!
So this is great. Directors sitting around actually talking about directing. Fascinating on so many levels. And of course, the contrast of personalities (which shows very much in their work) couldn’t be more clear than it is here.
“Full uncensored interview with Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained), David. O Russell (Silver Linings Playbook), Ben Affleck (Argo), Ang Lee (Life of Pi), Tom Hooper (Les Miserables) and Gus Van Sant (Promised Land). “
