February 2012
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 14th
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“Writing is work. It’s also gambling. You don’t get a pension plan....”
– Margaret Atwood (via Advice to Writers)
Feb 14th
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“Creativity is paradoxical. To create, a person must have knowledge but forget...”
– Michael Michalko (via Advice to Writers)
Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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January 2012
8 posts
Jan 27th
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Jan 25th
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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. ————————————— In 1947, a twenty-three-year-old girl named Evelyn McHale wrote on a piece of paper, “He is...
Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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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...
Jan 8th
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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… ...
Jan 3rd
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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,...
Jan 3rd
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 1st
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Jan 1st
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December 2011
18 posts
“Art is edited truth—edited to give it shape, rhythm, speed and...”
– Stephen Sondheim
Dec 30th
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“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)
Dec 29th
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“Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.”
– Langston Hughes (via ihavelovedyousolong)
Dec 25th
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“When someone tells me “no,” it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I...”
– Karen E. Quinones Miller (via myquotelibrary)
Dec 23rd
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Dec 20th
“The four most over-rated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex and...”
– Christopher Hitchens (via BuzzFeed)
Dec 17th
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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)
Dec 16th
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“In a friend one should have one’s best enemy. You should be closest to him...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via Andrew Sullivan)
Dec 16th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 6th
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“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous...”
– Agatha Christie (via myquotelibrary)
Dec 2nd
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WatchWatch
Mall Santa Musical was featured on the Today Show this morning!
Dec 1st
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November 2011
10 posts
Nov 29th
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“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via myquotelibrary)
Nov 29th
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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?
Nov 28th
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Nov 27th
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
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October 2011
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Oct 31st
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Oct 31st
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Oct 26th
“In a longish life as a professional writer, I have heard a thousand masterpieces...”
– Morris L. West
Oct 25th
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WatchWatch
erockappel: 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...
Oct 24th
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“A genius is the one most like himself.”
– Thelonious Monk
Oct 22nd
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