“After his break with Mr. [Dean] Martin in 1956, Mr. Lewis went on to a successful solo career, eventually writing, producing and directing many of his own films.” David Kehr, New York Times Actor, comedian and filmmaker Jerry Lewis died today in Las Vegas, so I thought I’d pull some quotes of his from a string […]
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The Benefits of Failure (From a Former Struggling Writer Now Worth Over $1 Billion)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThis is a reprint of my 2010 post J.K. Rowling on the Benefits of Failure that touches on her life before writing the Harry Potter series of books. “A mere seven years after my graduation day, I had failed on an epic scale. An exceptionally short-lived marriage had imploded, and I was jobless, a lone parent, and […] “Everything I do I just assume I’m going to fail. All seems impossible but I’m very scared of failure –you know, everyone is –and that sence of the impossibility gets me to crank up the turbines. Everything mentally and physically at my disposal I pour into a project.” Sebastian Junger (Author of The Perfect Storm, War, […] |
