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Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.

Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.

"De Rerum Natura". IV, 1,182,

My first sex scene - and it was with myself.

Biography/Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

You don't really prepare for a kissing scene.

"James Franco: The Method Of 'Milk'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. March 27, 2009.

Being in the pulpit, was like being in the theatre; I was behind the scenes and knew how the illusion worked.

"Letter from a Region in My Mind" by James Baldwin, www.newyorker.com. November 17, 1962.

It is the same in life: sometimes it is more difficult to make a scene than to die.

Graham Greene (1973). “The Collected Edition: The ministry of fear”

My characters have to talk, or they're out. They audition in early scenes. If they can't talk, they're given less to do, or thrown out.

"Elmore Leonard's Secret: 'Clean Living, and a Fast Outfield'". Interview with Jon Wiener, lareviewofbooks.org. August 20, 2013.

A new chapter in a novel is something like a new scene in a play.

Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.80, Penguin

The blossom is blighted, the leaf is withered, the God of day goes down upon the dreary scene, and in short you are for ever floored.

Charles Dickens (1867). “Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].”, p.106

The opening scene in A New Hope, when you see the huge ship, it goes on, and on, and on, and on, and on... that is like a joke of awesomeness.

"Cass Sunstein explains why Star Wars is like America". Interview with Alex McLevy, film.avclub.com. June 2, 2016.

Have a chance to create a society to match its scenery.

Wallace Stegner (2015). “The Sound of Mountain Water: The Changing American West”, p.31, Vintage