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Every so often, I have to remind myself to not make decisions based on imaginary conversations. It’s just wasted fear time, spent on all the bad things that could happen, instead of the really interesting things that might.
… It’s all about TAKING ACTION. And keeping on with it, mechanically, if need be - until something becomes, even briefly, more interesting to you than your own fear. Until you get caught by the words.
Shane Black on Persevering While Screenwriting, as interviewed by Pen Densham, in Riding The Alligator: Strategies For A Career In Screenplay Writing (and not getting eaten)
