Quotes from William Rabkin

This is not a Scooby-Doo episode, Gus said. Granted, our current adventure may lack the mastery and grace of classic stories like 'Hassle in the Castle' or 'Foul Play in Funland', Shawn said. But as I've always said, aim high.

It could be worse, Shawn said... We're all sitting around this fire not knowing which one among us is the person who has been systematically picking us off... Now imagine that while we're sitting here, Reggie's head falls off his body, grows spider legs, and runs away into the darkness. The silence following Shawn's remark was the quietest Gus had ever heard. Even the fire stopped popping and sparking for a moment.

Hugh, I remind you that you are still under the oath the last guy swore," Shawn said. "Is that real?" Ralston said.

I thought it made her happy to help out. You know, the way some people claim to like picking up litter or helping the homeless or standing outside supermarkets trying to get me to sign petitions.

Once again, we must return to the fact that a TV pilot and its resulting series need to be governed by a theme, a unifying or dominant idea. The theme determines the central conflict, and that central conflict must be embodied in the lead characters. In

Every Sunday when I was little," Gus said. "My parents insisted I pray for forgiveness for all the things you talked me into doing. But this isn't from the Bible. It's from Vampire Tales number two." "That would be one of your lesser-known holy books.

Gus, I know you hit your head, but you should be able to tell a few things about Tara. Like for instance she isn't printed on cheap paper. When she talks, her words don't appear in balloons over her head. And after long and hard study, I can guarantee she exists in at least three dimensions.

She badgered the doctors and nurses into giving you the kind of treatment they usually only give to people they actually care about.

Standard English usage is to use the male pronoun when talking about someone whose gender is not known," Gwendolyn said. "When you avoid pronouns altogether, you really mean 'she.

The cat language is very complex," Shawn said. "If a cat had written the Harry Potter books, he could have gotten through the whole thing in fifteen pages, tops. And he would still have found the space to mention