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thinking people luck
I don't why whatever works and whatever doesn't. You just make the film that you enjoy making at the time, and you think there's a good chance that people might enjoy the story. You're surprised pleasantly when they do. It's just luck. Woody Allen
thinking
When I'm not working, I think and I think when I get depressed.
thinking superstitions doe
I cannot say for certain that God does not exist; I think the worst thing that can be said about him is that he's a bit of an underachiever.
thinking artist substance
I never considered myself an artist. I aspire to be an artist, but I never thought I had the depth or substance or gift to be an artist. I do think I have some talent, but it doesn't go as far as being an artist.
thinking ideas sparks
It's hard for me to know. I'll think, 'I really brought off my ideas, it's great,' and no one sparks to it
trying failing ifs
If you aren't failing, you aren't trying.
thinking years get-better
I think I've gotten technically better over the years but you'd have to be a fool not to. I've made so many movies that by sheer quantity you get better at the technique.
thinking world ugly
That's the way I feel about the world: there are certain problems that can only be dealt with that way - going out and doing them. As ugly a truth as that is, I do think it's the truth about the world.
thinking artist people
People think I'm an artist because my films lose money.
thinking color cases
Once the movie's over, there's not much point. When the thing is edited, mixed, and color-corrected, and you've finished it... In my case, I never read anything about it, I never think about it.
thinking years funny-things
I keep getting more and more ambitious. Over the years, to some degree, in some areas, I feel I've grown. In some areas, I made a fool of myself. In some areas, I think I can still do some funny things.
thinking years age
I think Hollywood has gone in a disastrous path. It's terrible. The years of cinema that were great were the '30s, '40s, not so much the '50s...but then the foreign films took over and it was a great age of cinema as American directors were influenced by them and that fueled the '50s and '60s and '70s.
trying age sixteen
In short, the best thing to do is behave in a manner befitting one's age. If you are sixteen or under, try not to go bald.
trying
I'm trying to arrange my life so I don't have to be present.
two giving trying
I took a puff of the wrong cigarette at a fraternity dance once, and the cops had to get me, y'know. I broke two teeth trying to give a hickie to the Statue of Liberty.
thinking style kind
I don't think my film style has changed. I'm doing the same kind of jokes I did when I was younger.
two important elements
You're still in love' 'No I'm not, I'm not She'll always be a part of me, and she's an important person in my life but for the two of us something wasn't working.' 'What element?' 'We never found out
thinking ideas turns
Right now it's only a notion, but I think I can get the money to make it into a concept, and later turn it into an idea.
thinking things-in-life evil
The important thing, I think, is not to be bitter. You know, if it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. I think that the worst thing you could say about him is that basically he's an underachiever. After all, you know, there are worse things in life than death.
thinking car house
There are drawbacks in being famous too, but you can live with those. They're not life-threatening. If the paparazzi are outside your restaurant or your house - and actors make such a big thing of it and scurry into cars and drape things - you think they're going to be crucified or something. It's not a big deal. You can get used to that. It's not so terrible.
thinking opposites people
No, I don't think you're paranoid. I think you're the opposite of paranoid. I think you walk around with the insane delusion that people like you.
thinking goal focus
I think universal harmony is a pipedream and it may be more productive to focus on more modest goals, like a ban on yodeling.
thinking good-movie made
I'd like to make a great movie. I've made many movies. I think I've made some good movies. I've never felt I've made a great movie.
thinking drunk littles
I know what I think but I don't know how to put it into words. Maybe I could get a little bit drunk and dance it for you.
thinking discipline progress
To the one, a little natural moderation and quietness of temper may be sufficient to conduct us: but to the other, we can only attain by much discipline and slow advances; and when we think we have made great way, we shall often find reason to confess in the hour of trial, that we had greatly, far too greatly, over-rated our progress. William Wilberforce
thinking issues people
I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs. William Weld
thinking government people
Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government.
thinking two firsts
I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go looking for massive change.
thinking talking preparation
The best preparation for work is not thinking about work, talking about work, or studying for work: it is work.
thinking government taxation
I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.
thinking enemy done
I think experience has shown that privateers have done more toward distressing the trade of our enemies, and furnishing these States with necessaries, than Continental Ships of the same force. William Whipple
tests theory accounts
It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena. William Whewell
thinking idols adore
Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more. William Wordsworth