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Geez, If I Could Get Through To You, Kiddo, That Depression Is Not Sobbing And Crying And Giving Vent, It Is Plain And Simple Reduction Of Feeling. Reduction, See? Of All Feeling. People Who Keep Stiff Upper Lips Find That It's Damn Hard To Smile.

...let The Emotional Weight Of A Scene Rest On The Dialogue Wherever Possible. This Is The Easy Way To Avoid Overinterpretation, Which Seems To Be What Turns A Scene From Sympathetic To Sentimental.

With My Friends, I Don't Feel Pressure To Be Someone Other Than Who I Am.

Make Notes—i’ve Lost More Material Than I’ve Ever Written. Contrary To Popular Opinion, It’s Not Still Up There In One’s Brain. It’s In Outer Space And It Ain’t Coming Back.

You Have To Live Your Life According To What Comforts You, Not What The Rest Of Your Family Thinks You Ought To Be Doing.