Because we`re used to making films and observing films with a sort of shorthand. You see the car going down the road. O.K. Got it. Then it`s the next shot. Usually what happens then is people start talking about something that will relate to the story ins...
Gus Van Sant
You work enough with someone and you develop a shorthand. You know how he likes to work through the day and he knows where you`re vulnerable and where your weaknesses and strengths are, so it makes for a good team, a team that knows who`s over there behin...
David Strathairn
Music is a good shorthand way to delineate character. If you want to tell the reader a lot about a character in a small space, just tell them what their musical taste is. You`ll get their age, their background, whether they`re gregarious or a loner.
Ian Rankin
I started formal piano training when I was 4. From there I had little violas, and I had dancing lessons of every sort and description, and painting lessons. I had German. And shorthand.
Twyla Tharp