Every film you're commissioned to write is all about an arc; usually, the arc is that the world creates a change in the character, usually for the better. To not have an arc, the messages and ideas in the film became more prominent.
Dan Gilroy
Related When you're telling a story, the best stories, every character has an arc. Every one. And that a... ROY CONLI What's great in theater is that you can sustain the arc of a character for a full three hours, w... DANIEL DAE KIM With a play, there's more of a definable arc because of the nature of theater: You know, there... DAN FUTTERMAN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES When you guest-star, you're usually at the center of the dramatic arc, so that's fun. BELLAMY YOUNG It takes stamina to get up like an athlete every single night, seven to eight performances a week, 2... KEVIN SPACEY I feel like if a film is well-written, then the character's arc is complete. There really is ver... CARY ELWES But it’s almost wonderful when it’s fine and still almost bearable when it isn't. ASTRAEA L. SKYLAR For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character. MAE WHITMAN The great thing about being an actor in a film is that you're able to start knowing exactly wher... ROSE MCIVER Were you there?” She shook her head. “No. I was here in Nain having a child.” �... FRANCINE RIVERS Wake every morning with the same feeling. Live up high and fly on top of the ceiling. I just know th... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES There's not a lot of arc in an actual psychopath. CHELSEA CAIN I prefer working, period. I think that I like doing film more just because when you get a script, yo... ADDISON TIMLIN Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON I think the arc of history is long, and it bends toward justice. And I think that's what the ... CASS SUNSTEIN The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a... JEANETTE CORON i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China." "That expression has never made sense to m... LISA KLEYPAS When you grow up there are things that you would love to do make your father proud is one and have f... GARY F EVANS... Being present is being connected to All Things. S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. I usually start from the most general to the more specific. I'll get an emotional overview for t... MARCO BELTRAMI When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself. MANDY HALE Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... You can't make footprints in the sands of time by sitting on your butt. And who wants to leave buttp... BOB MOAWAD Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Now is everything Now is the essence Now is the focus Focus on the now For that ... KAREN HACKEL The things i know now, i never knew then. I wish i knew. SOTONYE ANGA Your mind is a Microcosm of strength and power. There’s all the magic you need in it. When all els... CHINONYE J. CHIDOLUE The arc of our history is toward more equality being expanded to more and more people. GEORGE TAKEI In the beginning, there was nothing and from nothing came our species then behold the dawn of music.... GARY F EVANS... His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY The fundamental story arc of the Bible is God is passionate about rescuing this world, restoring it,... ROB BELL Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do SOTONYE ANGA He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY Those who worry stumble long The Way. Those who pray have no time to stray. ERROL ANTHONY SMYTHE In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story a... GARTH STEIN Where we've struggled is inside the arc. BOBBY LUTZ One must simply take the days of their lives as they happen. If you spend time worrying over what is... R.J. GONZALES Filmmaking is always sort of building a mosaic of this arc of what the character is going through. MATTHEW FOX Trajectories aren't linear. Life's just a roller coaster. If you're getting a chance to ... RIZ AHMED It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc ... YAEL STONE There is no such thing as objectivity. We are all just interpreting signals from the universe and tr... BONES THE DOCTOR IN THE PHOTO Expect a lot of talking about sex. That's an arc that takes us through February. BRENDA HAMPTON To search the sands of a lost desert for truth and justice in this world today you might as well be ... GARY F EVANS... Savor the moment. Set a goal that you value and plan the steps to of getting there in a way that you... TERENCE T. GORSKI God is not impressed with what PRECEDES your name, but how you PROCEED in His Name." BJ NELSON When Luke had descended into the River Styx, he would've had to focus on something important that wo... RICK RIORDAN Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I ... ELIZABETH GEORGE We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives. THICH NHAT HANH There is no longer a single idea explaining everything, but an infinite number of essences giving a ... ALBERT CAMUS There is six billion reasons for everything to go wrong and only one to get it right JULIO DAVILA Creativity is not just thinking outside the box but living outside it. VICTOR SHAMAS The Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower. They're monumental. They're straight out of Page 52 i... BILLY CRYSTAL It's a real acting challenge. There is no slow build here. There is no time for a long story arc. Th... ROBERT GALINSKY It's a question of opening it up, and it's a question of closing it down, ... You know, opening it u... JOSS WHEDON World will change for betterment only when HEART of majority of individuals grows in size to accomod... ANUJ SOMANY We talk about wanting to change the world, and we often picture this as a lofty goal reached only by... ROSIE BLYTHE The world is inviolable: it has no beginning and no end. Those who seek to change it will be changed... MALINDA LO Almost all people talk vociferously and publicly about the change until their financial position cha... ANUJ SOMANY Every person who changed the world did it by doing something everyone around them was unwilling to d... TIFFANY L. JACKSON The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of thems... P.D. JAMES If the best is possible, than good is never enough and only do the best. ROBERT SIAHAAN Open your mind. Accept differences. Yearn for peace. Heal the world. MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Smiling at death seems like a pretty bold act. And so I smile like a damned fool. EMM COLE We need to embrace every day and enjoy it as much as we can. KAREN TODD SCARPULLA Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ... GARY F EVANS... The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS We've been told that we'll have to make a wide arc and kind of come in the back door, MILTON CARNEY That’s what I liked about those nuns. You could tell, for one thing, that they never went anywhere... J.D. SALINGER You Have Seen the Cure for Cancer Many Times, Even Right Now! So the Problem is Not Finding a Cure, ... THEHEALTHFOODGURU I have always wished the present to resemble memory: because the present can be flat at times, and b... LYDIA MILLET I never think about the next movie. I always think about the situation I'm in now, but you do th... ALEX PETTYFER The high arc faucets give you more room to wash your hands, get a drink of water, or even wash your ... LIN PANNELL This is turn 8 and 9, you want to take them in one big arc. LEIGHTON REESE To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you r... MANDY HALE Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH All the sudden, I was part of the 'No Man's Land' thing, and there was a bundle of core ... GREG RUCKA The Passion of Joan of Arc JOAN OF ARC Frodo: I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do a... PHILIPPA BOYENS Mother Superior jump the gun... -The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun LAUREN MYRACLE The plan is to run Scorpion in the Arc, subject to everything being OK with him later in the week, AIDAN O'BRIEN If we change our thoughts from 'it's too late' to, 'there's still hope', we might see some change in... KELLIE ELMORE You can't judge the present by the past. Each day is different, and you live it differently. MARTY RUBIN Now i know what it feels like being Ryan Bingham ARIEL SERAPHINO To have the time to reminisce is one of the futures gifts. Don't think to much, don't live to fast, ... CALVIN WILSON We are the masters of our own destinies we shape and mould our lives into to the circumstances surro... GARY F EVANS... Everything about Andrew was hot, from the hands holding him down to the mouth steadily taking Neil a... NORA SAKAVIC The disappointments, the injustices, and the unfair treatment of others can never make me become a b... NURUDEEN USHAWU Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS
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DAN GILBERT To process and close models in 50 states and 2,000-plus counties with the myriad of, just, tens of t... DAN GILBERT It's all about connectivity - not just technical connectivity but geographic connectivity. That&... DAN GILBERT If you were blessed with a fortunate position... why wouldn't you want to impact the world aroun... DAN GILBERT There's nobody you can point to in the world that doesn't make a mistake. The best players, ... DAN GILBERT There's nothing better than people talking to each other, sharing best practices, and opening up... DAN GILBERT Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud. DAN GILBERT If the government would like to hire my services to maximize value for their stake, they should appr... DAN GERTLER Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing w... DAN GERTLER At the end of the day, yes, I'm looking to create a lot of wealth. DAN GERTLER I took a decision that I wanted to be a long-term player in Congo. DAN GERTLER That is what we know how to do better than anyone else: We know how to maximize value for our projec... DAN GERTLER Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest. DAN GERTLER Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't wa... DAN GERTLER Getting straight A's for having lots of tests is not the same as getting A's on the tests. W... DAN GELBER Florida is one of the first states that sort of gives the legislature a very clear criteria for re-d... DAN GELBER While in the Florida legislature, I strongly opposed the Stand Your Ground law because I believed it... DAN GELBER It can be difficult to run your own firm, but the trade off is fewer conflicts and more control. DAN GELBER A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if y... DAN GELBER I'm Dan Gelber. As a federal prosecutor, I helped put away corporate criminals, corrupt politici... DAN GELBER At what point is someone precluded from availing themselves of the justification of self-defense bec... DAN GELBER I've been a fanatic about working out all my life. DAN GABLE When my wrestlers got their hands raised, I jumped for joy. DAN GABLE I don't think college wrestling is in danger of extinction by any means. But I am concerned if o... DAN GABLE My wrestling and family go together. It's always been that way, from day one with my mom and dad... DAN GABLE