These are my three. None of them are per se books on writing. Two are books ostensibly for actors, the third on film editing. Nevertheless, I think each of them has important lessons for writers, and I give them my unreserved recommendation.
Favorite authors, friends and fellow travelers. As Stephen Sondheim said, no one is alone.
by Michael Shurtleff
“Forget about weak or strong, aggressive or passive. There are no passive characters, there are no weak ones. There is winning and there is losing, but every actor must fight for something he wants and needs.
by Michael Ondaatje
“Writing is a process of discovery of what you really do know. You can't limit yourself in advance to what you know, because you don't know everything you know.”
by David Mamet
“It is the audience that goes to the theatre to exercise its emotion – not the actor, the audience. And when they go, having paid to be moved, they exercise their right to their money’s worth.”
