Christopher Guest Quotes
I've been fortunate. I get to write films. I get to write music in films. I get to play arenas wearing a wig.
Quotes to Explore
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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I don't think I knew that you could be a novelist. I think a lot of my students are in the same condition. I thought it was unreachable, that it was sort of dead people. It took me a long time - I think I was well into novel writing before I really thought, 'Actually, this is a valid pastime.'
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If I'm going to change, my life and experiences should change me for the wiser and more profound.
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To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.
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I love the way soft white cheese such as ricotta or the creamier mascarpone reflect the milieu in which an animal has been raised.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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No one can make me work harder than I do, so I'm generally not interested in who I am competing with.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.
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The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
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My business is not to show anybody anything; my job is just to do it.
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I kept on writing and illustrating, for this is what I did well because I loved it.
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I'm not making up my mind about anything right now. Things are happening so quickly for me, and I'm still in the thinking stage.
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All our forms are unique - movies, music and literature - and you have to leave the person who is doing it to do their best.
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The ‘80s don't seem to have gone away. Most weekends in the summer we're off doing a festival in front of 10,000 or 15,000 people with a load of other ‘80s acts. It was just such a great era for music, for individuals and characters. It just had a spirit.
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I've been fortunate. I get to write films. I get to write music in films. I get to play arenas wearing a wig.
