Daily Inspiration Quote by Terence Young

A compliment disguised as a pinprick, this line lands with the dry timing of someone who knows exactly how much ego a creative room can hold before it becomes unusable. Terence Young, a director whose job was often to translate writing into something filmable (and therefore criticizable in public), isn’t dismissing the writer so much as puncturing the fantasy that any draft arrives already crowned.

The key word is “yet.” It’s not a flat no; it’s conditional hope with a deadline implied. Young frames “immortal” as the writer’s private ambition, then treats it like an awkward object left on set: everyone sees it, nobody wants to touch it. By choosing immortality rather than “good” or “effective,” he drags the conversation from craft to posterity, where artists love to hide when they don’t want to hear notes. The subtext: stop writing for the museum, start writing for the scene.

There’s also a director’s pragmatism in the phrasing. “Anything you’ve written” widens the net, suggesting pattern rather than one unlucky page. “As yet” keeps the power dynamic smooth: he can be brutally honest without closing the door on collaboration. In an industry built on revision, that’s a surgical move. Young’s intent isn’t to humiliate; it’s to reset the stakes from legacy to labor, from self-mythology to the next rewrite.