Carl Hiaasen Quotes
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
Samuel Butler -
We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
Samuel Goldwyn -
It's really about, oh come on, this guy wouldn't say that or he wouldn't do that, you know, it's about the characters, about the story, about the situation.
Walter Hill -
I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.
Laura Dern -
It's important for cinema to keep on evolving: for people, and not only teenagers, to be able to go to a movie that has huge epic scope but has an intellectual and real story to tell.
Baltasar Kormakur -
I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
Frances McDormand
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I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.
Salman Rushdie -
The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
Walter Annenberg -
As an actor, I'm my own worst critic, but after awhile, really, when you watch 'Moonrise Kingdom', it's such a fantastic film that you sort of get sucked into the story, and then you kind of forget about everything else.
Kara Hayward -
You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.
Walton Goggins -
I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
Rachel Kushner -
There really isn't a story that you can't tell inside of it. It's very much a clearinghouse for anything that goes on in the world. So you're not at all limited.
Aaron Sorkin
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No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
Orison Swett Marden -
As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story always has an inherent narrative weakness.
J. C. Chandor -
Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.
Zig Ziglar -
I played a character in 'Ransom' who was as evil as they come.
Gary Sinise -
The biggest research of all when I do a character is self-examination. You look at yourself and you ask, 'How am I similar to this person and how am I different?'
Vera Farmiga -
I'm proud that Della was sort of a prototype for TV secretaries. There really was no such established character on TV when 'Perry Mason' came along.
Barbara Hale
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I'm a keen traveller, and I'm a nerd with planes and airports.
Michael Landes -
Marriage has just never interested me.
Jacqueline Bisset -
The lesson of the Clinton years and of Obama's win of both the nomination and the general election in 2008 is that Democrats need to be as tough as JFK was.
Jon Meacham -
Why should a filmmaker turn over the irreplaceable asset, the movie, to a distribution center?
D. B. Sweeney -
'Re-Mit' is going to terrify people. It's quite horrible. The Fall have had enough and we're coming for you.
Mark E. Smith -
My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
Carl Hiaasen