Famous Quotes & Sayings

X. J. Kennedy

To me, a poem that's in rhyme and meter is the difference between watching a film in full color and watching a film in black and white. Not that a few black and white films aren't wonderful. So are certain successful pieces of free verse.

Yann Martel

I like using animals because they help suspend my reader's disbelief. We have certain ideas about dentists. We don't have many ideas about rhinoceros dentists.

Imelda May

I'm not comparing myself at all to him, but I like the idea that Ernest Hemingway always wrote about certain things he knew, he knew the ins and outs, back to fronts of what he was talking about. I love that as an inspiration for myself, to keep it true to what you know.

Idris Elba

Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn't need - for me, I don't need to prepare that.

Gad Elmaleh

When you succeed, at a certain point, you want to challenge yourself. Otherwise, you become boring. You become a has-been. It's not very interesting. I don't want to be this guy who has only succeeded in France. I could say, 'O.K., that's it; merci.' But I'm not interested in that.

Gail Carriger

I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk.

Gilbert Hernandez

I grew up being really insecure and dumped on, over-feeling certain things in a negative way. So I thought I had something to prove.

Donald Trump

Owning great landmarks such as the Empire State Building or Trump Tower or the General Motors Building or the Plaza Hotel - there are certain just spectacular landmarks - it's an honor; it's really an honor.

Zadie Smith

Books are not brands. Some people are very willing to see themselves as a brand, but you can't be a certain type of writer to a certain type of person all the time. It will kill you.

Gina Prince-Bythewood

I love writing and directing because it's great therapy. Every project I've done, there's been a personal connection.

Preston Sturges

Directing was easy for me because I was a writer director and did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay.

Peter Jackson

I thought that there might be something unsatisfying about directing two Tolkien movies after 'Lord of the Rings.' I'd be trying to compete with myself and deliberately doing things differently.

Peter Jackson

I don't like directing that much to want a career as a director for hire. I like to have as much creative control as possible.

Zak Orth

As far as writing or directing a film, I've worked with enough people who have done that that I know it's just a whole other level of responsibility and chaos and murder that I could not see happening. For now, I'm just going to see what comes. I know what I like and what direction I have.

Daniel Schultz

We are directing them to resolve these serious violations promptly, and to do it not as it relates to specific products ... but rather to do it on a corporate-wide basis.

John Coates

We are directing most of the funding where it is most appropriate. The new funds will be expended within the programs that are operating - aerials, moguls, skating - the sports where there are more potential medals for our money.

Walter Gossett

On the last day, I wound up doing everything from carting flowers into the house to directing traffic.

John Crowley

Fundamentally, whether directing in the theatre or a film, you have to be a good storyteller, regardless of the form. The thing I had to work hardest at was thinking in shots.

Gad Elmaleh

I go to New York to see live shows, not movies.

Gina Prince-Bythewood

My husband and I are writers, and I wish I could write faster. There are not a lot of movies made with black actors in mind.

Zoe Kravitz

One of my favorite movies of all time is 'Bugsy Malone.'

Vanessa Hudgens

My passion is doing movies, so as long as I keep doing that I will be happy.

Emma Roberts

I've only been to high school on TV and in movies. I've never actually been to high school.

Edward Norton

I like making movies for myself and my friends and people with my sensibility.

David Beckham

I can't get through some movies without shedding a tear; I can't lie.

David Chase

I've said this a million times. But I've always wanted to do movies.

Rebel Wilson

I remember my first taste of American big movies was 'Ghost Rider.' I'm in two little scenes. But for those two little scenes they had 400 extras, upside-down stunt cars, and a fire brigade.

Viktor Vekselberg

My personal opinion is that I'm in the media too much. I'm not a politician, I'm a businessman. I would like to be without any extra visibility.

Berkeley Breathed

I will go to my grave in a state of abject endless fascination that we all have the capacity to become emotionally involved with a personality that doesn't exist.

Bill Budge

A quiet personality sure isn't what you need to attract attention.

Richard G. Scott

The Church is presided over personally by Jesus Christ.

Barry Mann

There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are.

Edie Falco

I was here when it happened. I need more time, but that's just me. I'm personally not ready for it.

Hal Gill

I think if you don't want to wear a helmet, don't wear a helmet. If you don't feel like wearing pads, don't wear them. It solves a lot of problems but I think it's a personal decision.

Bill Ritter

Personal responsibility has to be a part of this.

Mark Mothersbaugh

Personally I'm very happy to be behind the scenes. I like collaboration, I like working with directors.

Ben Chaplin

I care about all the characters I play, and I get quite defensive about them.

Ben Barnes

I went to a very academically competitive high school. So I was always quite studious and quiet, just to keep up with the other geniuses who were in my school.

Nick Jonas

I've always been quite driven. I take after my father.

Kevin Spacey

'The 24 Hour Plays' is a quite brilliant, exhilarating event for everyone concerned.

Mary Kelly

The (anti-virus) system worked, which was quite a relief.

Carl Jacobs

That was quite a ride. We'd be thrilled to repeat it.

Tom Miller

That was quite an accomplishment for us. This is a very tough tournament.

Sam Johnson

We were friends for 40 years. He was quite a character.

Patrick Chidley

We have been warning that (Placer) would get taken over for quite a long time.