Daniel Schwartz Quotes
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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'Sairat' is a film I absolutely loved. I have great regard for the movie and its film-maker. The movie blew my mind.
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If you set out to write an adjective novel, you're setting out to write a mediocre novel; your allegiance is to the adjective, not to the story, and then that just sucks all the joy right out of it.
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A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
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I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.
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In most horror films, you don't really get to understand why this character is the way he is.
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When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.
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I'm only seeing tennis balls these days. And maybe the occasional fashion sketch.
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I finally bought a gun because I said if I'm going to get it, I'm taking somebody with me.
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The characters are trapped within the lifestyle. It's about what goes on before the movie starts.
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The thing about Memphis is that it's pleasingly off-kilter. It's a great big whack job of a city. The anti-Atlanta. You go there, and you can't believe the things people will say, the way they think, the wobbling orbits of their lives. There's an essential otherness.
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David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style.
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I think that people who do enjoy my stand-up comedy and the people who get it and the people who are taken in by it, they see that I'm a guy that has love of the game.
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Kelly Preston is a remarkable human being and a great dramatic actress. It was a privilege as a director to tap into this part of her. Rarely do I make a kind of spiritual connection with my cast. Kelly was a wonderful exception. She is truly very special and I adore her.
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The less a writer discusses his work-and himself-the better. The master chef slaughters no chickens in the dining room; the doctor writes prescriptions in Latin; the magician hides his hinges, mirrors, and trapdoors with the utmost care.
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I love immigrants. Legal, illegal - they're not to be despised.
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If there's one thing that I've done on purpose it's to take whatever job, so long as it's interesting and challenging, whether it's theatre, radio, TV or film.
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I like people who genuinely are looking for a project and not a job.
