Shelf Life, Song Styles and memo to myself
Shelf Life
“You know what a thing is. Those were the words, and I’ve been using them ever since to describe what I think my talent is–it’s knowing what a thing is, knowing what the dramtic possibilities for a thing are and recognizing what it means to life.”
–Bo Goldman, screenwriter of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Scent of a Woman and The Flamingo Kid (among others), quoted in “Oscar-Winning Screenwriters on Screenwriting.”
Song Styles
That’s the name of the game
It’s not about money
It’s not about fame
You are what you are
That’s the name of the game
That’s the name of the game
In love and emotion
The beat is the same
You are what you are
That’s the name of the game
I don’t need to be the king of the jungle, or the queen of the hop
Those people want to take you and make you over, into something you’re not…
–Dan Hartman, “The Name of the Game”
Click below for a memo to myself.
Assuming the script is finished…
No matter how much money they, in a perfect world, offer you…
Even if it looks like a chance to get the fucking hell out of this miserable godforsaken town…
You own “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend”. You don’t have to sell it to anybody you don’t want to. If they don’t convince you they see it the way you do (and they’re gonna have to work twice as hard at that because of the cunt in Tennessee)…
Don’t trust your girls with them.
If this thing is what you think it is, and you are what you think you are, then you have something they want. Don’t jump when they snap their fingers.
These are some things to remember. Now relax and go watch the Tonys. Anne Hathaway’s presenting, dude…
