Neil Jordan (Neil Patrick Jordan) Quotes
It's nice to work with Hollywood because there is never any question of resources put at your disposal to make a film as long as it is the right thing to do.
 
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	I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.   
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	I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.   
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	If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.   
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	One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.   
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	I like that about London. It comes together when it needs to, and it has magic.   
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	If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.   
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	I began the process of recording myself seriously in the fall of 1999. If I could finish an album of my own music, I would. Five years later I am happy to say I have.   
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	I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.   
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	How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.   
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	If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.   
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	Beauty is the promise of happiness.   
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	My mom was an actress in the local Seattle theater doing experimental plays.   
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	I am not surprised that other gases may participate in cellular signaling and regulation. Our early work with nitric oxide was just the beginning. I'm sure more will be discovered.   
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	I do everything in a straightforward manner.   
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	I don't know if I would call myself a religious human.   
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	As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.   
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	I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.   
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	It gets boring to me when people talk about clothing brands or what boat they're going to buy next summer.   
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	I like those crisis moments - if you're on top of it and don't get pulled under by panic and fear, it's a very bonding thing.   
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	I've done a lot of video games and stuff, and I'm getting better and better at it. I don't have a prejudice about it being a different medium.   
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	I've been in the game long enough to know what elements you have to package together to get a movie into production.   
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	Some stresses are unavoidable - it's just part of life. One of the things I do to avoid stress is not work with people that I don't really like or drive me crazy.   
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	I was thinking on the rollers today that, before a race, if I could just pick my brain up and put it on the side of the track for four minutes, it would be perfect.   
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	It's nice to work with Hollywood because there is never any question of resources put at your disposal to make a film as long as it is the right thing to do.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					