I've come to feel that if I can't make something happen in under an hour and a half, it's not going to happen in a compelling way in a three-hour play.

  • -- Sam Shepard 山姆·谢泼德

我开始觉得,如果我不能在一个半小时内完成一件事,那么在一个三小时的剧本里也不会有什么引人注目的效果。

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I have always felt that this story is universal. When I began to understand the details of the history, I felt that the most compelling aspect was not what happened, but what continues to happen and how it is denied.

我一直觉得这个故事很普遍。当我开始了解历史的细节时,我觉得最引人注目的不是发生了什么,而是继续发生了什么,以及如何被否认。

A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.

一个引人入胜的故事,即使事实并不准确,也可能比干巴巴地复述事实更能在情感上引人入胜。