David Seltzer Quotes
There is an inalienable law. Whenever a character on screen pities himself, the audience stops pitying him. They will cry so long as the character doesn't.
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Our franchises have never been healthier. Our league, in terms of its economic footing, has never been healthier.
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Western Christians have imagined that, at the end of the day, God is going to throw the present space-time universe into a trashcan and we'll be sitting on clouds playing harps. The ultimate future that we're promised is much more interesting than that. It's new heavens and a new Earth with new bodies to live in.
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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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Everybody with a gun has a checkpoint in Lebanon. And in Lebanon, you'd be crazy not to have a gun. Though, I assure you, all the crazy people have guns, too.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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Inspire your children. I promise, your kids will think you're cool if you do this. They may not tell you that now, but they'll thank you later in life.
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As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.
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I'm a big 'Firefly' fan. I'm a Nathan Fillion fan because of 'Firefly.'
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I remember many a time, going into someplace like Wrigley Field - where you could cut the humidity with a knife - and playing a doubleheader. I loved to play the game. It didn't matter if it was a doubleheader, or a single game, or a day game after a night game. I wanted to play.
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I think poetry is a fabulous medium to encapsulate thoughts far more precisely than prose.
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Sometimes God presents opportunities that look insignificant or rather ordinary. Perhaps you don't see how they fit into the big picture for your life. But if God is asking you to do something, He has a purpose for it.
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I'm a mother of a three-year-old, but when I started 'California,' my son wasn't even a twinkle in my eye. Because the book took as long as it did, I wrote it before I was pregnant, while I was pregnant, and as a new mother - so I enjoyed a diversity of experiences while creating this world.
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R. Kelly is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through.
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I eat tons of green veggies to keep my PH balance in check.
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The thing I hate most in acting is asking permission to do things. What you really want to do is say, 'This is my need; this is what's going to get me further; this is what's going to be alive. I don't ever say, 'Do you mind if...?' I just come in and do it.
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A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
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I've always had an addictive nature.
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If you kill someone, it shows that you are afraid of that person.
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I went from living in a house with five guys in Palo Alto, and living off their leftovers, to all of a sudden having all kinds of resources. And I wanted to figure out how I could take the blessing of these resources and share it with the world.
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References drive the industry.
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A book is one kind of an art form and a film is a different art form. I think as a writer you just have to say, well the book is one thing, and the film is a completely different one.
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Man is apt to be more moved by the art of his own period, not because it is more perfect, but because it is organically related to him.
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There is an inalienable law. Whenever a character on screen pities himself, the audience stops pitying him. They will cry so long as the character doesn't.
