Famous quotes containing the words language, film and/or category:
“Translate a book a dozen times from one language to another, and what becomes of its style? Most books would be worn out and disappear in this ordeal. The pen which wrote it is soon destroyed, but the poem survives.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.”
—David Mamet (b. 1947)
“I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.”
—Marianne Moore (18871972)