Trent Reznor Quotes
For each film, you try to create a whole world sonically, having a sense of identity through instruments used, or recording techniques.
Quotes to Explore
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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
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I am a Buddhist.
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In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
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Overcome your barriers, intend the best, and be patient. You will enjoy more balance, more growth, more income, and more fun!
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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No one inspired me to write, but writer Harlan Ellison terrified me into getting published.
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Retiring is the easy way out.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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My happiest moments of growing up in the Bronx were when my mom would bring home a new sports magazine from the candy store. I would jump out of bed and grab it from her. Then I'd rip the front cover right off and tape it to my bedroom wall.
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I'm always keeping an eye out for a period piece. I was trained in theatre, so most of the things we did were classical - Shakespeare, Moliere, and Chekhov.
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If I had Instagram, it would be pictures of my son, who is a cat.
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All tyranny, bigotry, aggression, and cruelty are wrong, and whenever we see it, we must never be silent.
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You become what you believe, not what you think or what you want.
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I have these visions of myself being thirty, thirty-five, forty having a family.
Nastassja Kinski -
When I'm filming, it's in the contract - 'No kiteboarding' - ha ha.
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When something's good, I'm not an over-celebrator.
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Men do not have to cook their food; they do so for symbolic reasons to show they are men and not beasts.
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My reaction to 3D is subtly. Things don't come out at you, but rather you - The audience come into the film.
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I'm proud of Lord of the Rings. I think it's a once in a lifetime role, and a once in a lifetime film. It was made with so much care and passion and meticulous detail and everybody was so behind it.
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Writing the songs at the cabin, I couldn't help but be drawn to the boom-chicka rhythms as much as I tried to fight it. But when I fought it, the creative process was interrupted, so I ended up going with it. If I'm ever accused of being derivative of my heroes then I would take that as a compliment. I like staying close to the roots of my influences.
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Imagination must constantly run on a new track or it becomes lifeless. A living imagination is essential to prayer.
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I don't think he deserved to get sent off. He didn't do anything. He just barged me.
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For each film, you try to create a whole world sonically, having a sense of identity through instruments used, or recording techniques.
