February 2012
6 posts
“Writing is work. It’s also gambling. You don’t get a pension plan....”
– Margaret Atwood (via Advice to Writers)
“Creativity is paradoxical. To create, a person must have knowledge but forget...”
– Michael Michalko (via Advice to Writers)
January 2012
8 posts
Engraved In Stone Monuments
This is a piece of fiction excerpted from a larger project I’m working on, but I have been thinking about New York - and how it feels to leave New York - a lot this week, so I thought I’d post it here.
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In 1947, a twenty-three-year-old girl named Evelyn McHale wrote on a piece of paper, “He is...
Sitcom Writing Made Easy
Ever watch a situation comedy on television and think to yourself, “I could write better than that!” Or have you ever been watching a comedic television program and thought, “Whoa! What the fuck?”
Then YOU can write a sitcom.
Hello, my name is Anthony King. I have been a paid writer for television for more than two months. I’ve also written many beloved unproduced...
The Anthony King: The 2011 Totals →
Someone please give Kevin Hines a job as an unimportant statistician.
kevhines:
anthonyking:
For the last three years, I have tracked my consumption and opinions of movies, plays and books on this blog. Here are the 2011 totals!
In 2011: (2008, 2009, & 2010 numbers in parentheses)
I watched 5 movies in the theater. (20,20,9)
I watched 59 movies on DVD/DVR/Cable. (67,47,56)
I saw…
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The 2011 Totals
For the last three years, I have tracked my consumption and opinions of movies, plays and books on this blog. Here are the 2011 totals!
In 2011: (2008, 2009, & 2010 numbers in parentheses)
I watched 5 movies in the theater. (20,20,9)
I watched 59 movies on DVD/DVR/Cable. (67,47,56)
I saw 13 plays/musicals. (20,8,16)
I read 6 books. (17,27,15)
Overall I consumed less media than ever,...
December 2011
18 posts
“Art is edited truth—edited to give it shape, rhythm, speed and...”
– Stephen Sondheim
“So this year, I am going to relax about the time tables. I have the love of my...”
– Pacing the Panic Room (via marycatherinehamelin) (via nasquasha)
“Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.”
– Langston Hughes (via ihavelovedyousolong)
“When someone tells me “no,” it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I...”
– Karen E. Quinones Miller (via myquotelibrary)
“The four most over-rated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex and...”
– Christopher Hitchens (via BuzzFeed)
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“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after...”
– Neil Gaiman (via myquotelibrary)
“In a friend one should have one’s best enemy. You should be closest to him...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via Andrew Sullivan)
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“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous...”
– Agatha Christie (via myquotelibrary)
WatchMall Santa Musical was featured on the Today Show this morning!
November 2011
10 posts
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via myquotelibrary)
Anonymous asked: I saw you do Gutenberg at the UCB and thought it was hilarious. Is there anywhere we can buy a DVD of it being done at the UCB by you?
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October 2011
17 posts
“In a longish life as a professional writer, I have heard a thousand masterpieces...”
– Morris L. West
Watcherockappel:
Last night I went to Universal’s “Hollywood Horror Nights” with a big group of my friends, who, like me, are all over 30 but still like to pretend that they’re teenagers from time to time. Here’s a little video of our night that I made with my iPhone 4S and that awesome 8mm App that I love so much.
The Bill & Ted’s show we watched is truly one of the most nonsensical...
“A genius is the one most like himself.”
– Thelonious Monk