“Every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Not necessarily in that order.”
Tim Burton (1958) American filmmaker
“A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end.”
1450b.26
Poetics
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Context: “My dear,
It’s who first thought the thought. You’re searching, Joe,
For things that don’t exist; I mean beginnings.
Ends and beginnings—there are no such things.
There are only middles.
“A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.”
Jean-Luc Godard (1930) French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic
Variant: A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end... but not necessarily in that order.
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