You can't take a character anywhere they don't expect the character to go. But within those confines is where creativity lies. Richard Price characterconfinecreativity Change image and share on social
I started thinking about my relationship with my students; I'm this guy who comes in from book - and movie - land and descends on angel wings into their classroom. Richard Price angelbookclassroom Change image and share on social
I can never read this book, just like I can never see a movie that I wrote a screenplay for. I can read it and see it physically, but I can't accurately judge it. I'm too close to it. If I read it ten times I'll have ten different reactions. Richard Price accuratelybookclose share on social
The kind of event on a conveyor belt that causes a fire occurs in a variety of industrial environments, not uniquely in coal environments. Richard Price beltcoalconveyor Change image and share on social
I write because I write - as anyone in the arts does. You're a painter because you feel you have no choice but to paint. You're a writer because this is what you do. Richard Price artchoicefeel Change image and share on social
I'd love to be a saxophonist. I don't know why, but I pretend I'm the saxophonist when I listen to music. I have about as much chance playing the sax as I do learning how to fly. Richard Price chanceflylearn Change image and share on social
If I can tell you the story from beginning to end in five minutes, I'm ready to start writing. Then it's a constant spreading out of that five minutes. Richard Price beginconstantend Change image and share on social
Writers spend three years rearranging 26 letters of the alphabet. It's enough to make you lose your mind day by day. Richard Price alphabetdayletter Change image and share on social
I write because I can't imagine not writing. Richard Price imaginewrite Change image and share on social
I don't need all that much - I just need to know who my characters are and what kind of jam they're going to get into, and I'll write myself out of their jam. Richard Price characterjamkind Change image and share on social
