Nunnally Johnson quotes

Nunnally Johnson quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“A dramatic writer should never tell anything he can show.”
-- Nunnally Johnson

#Dramatic Quotes #Should Quotes #Screenwriting Quotes
“Maybe it's like Casey says. A fellow ain't got a soul of his own. Just a little piece of a big soul. The one big soul that belongs to everybody.”
-- Nunnally Johnson

#Wrath Quotes #Soul Quotes #Pieces Quotes
“Well, Pa, a woman can change better than a man. A man lives, sort of, well, in jerks. A baby's born or somebody dies and that's a jerk. He gets a farm or loses it and that's a jerk. With a woman, it's all in one flow, like a stream. Little eddies and waterfalls, but the river, it goes right on. A woman looks at it that way.”
-- Nunnally Johnson

#Baby Quotes #Women Quotes #Rivers Quotes

“I've done a ton of theater work and dramatic work, but nobody really knows me that way.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I really think the biopic thing so rarely works, because peoples lives dont have a dramatic shape that can be satisfying.”
“Nothing is more dramatic than a well-placed pause.”

Source : Carmine Gallo (2010). “The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience”, McGraw Hill Professional
“Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.”
“This is what the Sabbath should feel like. A pause. Not just a minor pause, but a major pause. Not just lowering the volume, but a muting. As the famous rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel put it, the Sabbath is a sanctuary in time.”
“Death should take more care with his paperwork.”
“Justice should be cheap but judges expensive.”

Source : "Uncommon Law". Book by A. P. Herbert, 1935.
“I don't think screenwriting is therapeutic. It's actually really, really hard for me. It's not an enjoyable process.”
“I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways.”
“A dramatic writer should never tell anything he can show.”

You may also like:

A.J. Cronin
MD
Arnold Bennett
Film writer
Bob Merrill
Songwriter
Darryl F. Zanuck
Film Producer
Fredric March
Actor
Ira Gershwin
Lyricist
Joanne Woodward
Actress
John Carradine
Actor
John Ford
Film director
Lee J. Cobb
Actor
Merrie Spaeth
Film actress
Nora Johnson
Author
Sloan Wilson
Author
Sue Kaufman
Author
Van Heflin
Film actor
Yip Harburg
Lyricist
Zoe Akins
Playwright
Irving Pichel
Actor