14 Preston Sturges Quotes for You to Enjoy

Preston Sturges

American Writer

Born: Aug 29, 1898

Died: Aug 6, 1959

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For a southern belle, my grandmother was remarkably modern. She threw my grandfather out, for one thing - some kind of argument about bourbon whiskey - shortly after the birth of their third child, and then went back to school to get herself a teaching certificate. Preston Sturges

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I go through life accumulating possessions... I've always done it... and then, every once in a while, a sort of tidal wave comes along and washes them all away. Preston Sturges

Life Every Wave Once Possessions Through Along Tidal Sort Always Go Accumulate Done While Them Then Away

Theater in which you eat is the oldest form of theater. Preston Sturges

You Eat Form Which Theater Oldest

Our gymnasium was remarkable and had more stuff in it than one could dream up in a nightmare. Furthermore, every boy had to use every piece of it during gymnasium class. Preston Sturges

Class Every Our Furthermore Dream More Gymnasium Could Remarkable Had Stuff Piece Boy Up Than Use Nightmare

I worked out a rather deep-dish theory defining the theater as a form of architecture rather than a form of literature. Preston Sturges

Architecture Defining Out Rather Than Form Literature Theater Worked Theory

The more nearly the film cutter approaches the natural law of interest, the more invisible will be his cutting. If the camera moves from one person to another at the exact moment that you in the legitimate theatre would have turned your head, you will not be conscious of a cut. Preston Sturges

You Natural Theatre Law Will Approaches Would Exact More Head Invisible Another Camera His Person Legitimate Moves Interest Cut Turned Cutting Your Moment Film Nearly Conscious

The camera must point at the exact spot the audience wishes to look at any given moment. To find that spot is absurdly easy: you only have to remember where you were looking at the time the scene was made. Preston Sturges

Time You Remember Made Looking Must Exact Easy Find Given Only Scene Point Absurdly Wishes Look Spot Audience Were Camera Any Any Given Moment Where Moment

I have never done anything but my very best work for anyone, and to do this and retain my first fine enthusiasm over a period of thirty years has required a rather special set of working conditions. Preston Sturges

Directing was easy for me because I was a writer director and did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay. Preston Sturges

Me Director Easy Directing Writer Wrote Because Did Screenplay

By the very nature of his art, which depends on invention and innovation, a story teller must depart from the beaten track and, having done so, occasionally startle and disagree with some of his associates. Healthy disagreement we must have. Preston Sturges

Art Nature Innovation Disagree Invention Healthy Teller Must Some Having Beaten Disagreement Track Occasionally His Very Depart Done Depends Story Which Associates Startle

The hook is a word or an idea spoken by one character which gives the next character something to hook onto when he responds or, like a trapeze artist, gives him something to swing from on his way to another point of view. Preston Sturges

Character Word Way Hook Responds Something Gives Point Point Of View Onto He Idea Spoken Like Him Another His His Way Artist Which Next View Trapeze Swing

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