Ben Hecht vs. Ray Bradbury
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Ben Hecht
1894 – 1964
Ben Hecht was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most enjoyed screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films, including six Academy Award nominations and two wins.
"It's gonna be just like war!" an editor exults. "That's it! War! You put that in the lead."
Ray Bradbury
1920 – 2012
H. Rider Haggard was a British novelist famed for pioneering the adventure genre with novels such as "King Solomon's Mines" and "She." His tales of exotic lands and heroic quests captivated readers worldwide in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
"Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others m…"
Connections
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