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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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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One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes.
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I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.
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I would never impose my own personal convictions upon the law.
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I learned to be a regional writer by reading people like Flannery O'Connor. She was a huge influence.
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There is something laughable about the sight of authors who enjoy the rustling folds of long and involved sentences: they are trying to cover up their feet.
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Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.
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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.
